JimmyCutlass
11-04-2010, 09:27 PM
Worked on this piece of history last month:
Out of the over 2,100 Alco vehicles made in the early 1900`s, only 12 are known to still exist. Of those 2,100 only 4 were race cars and only one is known to still exist. This Alco won the Vanderbilt cup two years in a row. It is the rarest, oldest, most historical and most expensive vehicle I`ve ever had the pleasure of working on. Looks like I may end up working on a few more of this client`s cars, including a 1966 Hertz Mustang. This thing is a real piece of American history and certainly a history lesson for people unfamiliar with cars of this vintage: no gaskets so the thing leaks oil on purpose, rigid tires that are only a few inches thin and a hand pump to manually pump gas (no gas pump).
1909 Alco-6 Race Car Still Roars - NYTimes.com (http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/1909-alco-6-race-car-still-roars/)
http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu260/JimmyCutlass/ALCO6/PA080033.jpg
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http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu260/JimmyCutlass/ALCO6/PA070027.jpg
http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu260/JimmyCutlass/ALCO6/PA070024.jpg
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http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu260/JimmyCutlass/ALCO6/PA070022.jpg
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Out of the over 2,100 Alco vehicles made in the early 1900`s, only 12 are known to still exist. Of those 2,100 only 4 were race cars and only one is known to still exist. This Alco won the Vanderbilt cup two years in a row. It is the rarest, oldest, most historical and most expensive vehicle I`ve ever had the pleasure of working on. Looks like I may end up working on a few more of this client`s cars, including a 1966 Hertz Mustang. This thing is a real piece of American history and certainly a history lesson for people unfamiliar with cars of this vintage: no gaskets so the thing leaks oil on purpose, rigid tires that are only a few inches thin and a hand pump to manually pump gas (no gas pump).
1909 Alco-6 Race Car Still Roars - NYTimes.com (http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/1909-alco-6-race-car-still-roars/)
http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu260/JimmyCutlass/ALCO6/PA080033.jpg
http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu260/JimmyCutlass/ALCO6/PA080032.jpg
http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu260/JimmyCutlass/ALCO6/PA080031.jpg
http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu260/JimmyCutlass/ALCO6/PA080030.jpg
http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu260/JimmyCutlass/ALCO6/PA080029.jpg
http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu260/JimmyCutlass/ALCO6/PA080028.jpg
http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu260/JimmyCutlass/ALCO6/PA070027.jpg
http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu260/JimmyCutlass/ALCO6/PA070024.jpg
http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu260/JimmyCutlass/ALCO6/PA070023.jpg
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http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu260/JimmyCutlass/ALCO6/PA070020.jpg
http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/uu260/JimmyCutlass/ALCO6/PA070019.jpg