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	Locomobile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Locomobile was a company that produced automobiles in the United States of America from 1899 to 1929.
		The 1908 Locomobile 40 Runabout was a runabout model.
		In 1922 Locomobile was acquired by Durant Motors, which continued using the Locomobile brand name for their top-of-the-line autos until 1929.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Locomobile (383 words)

	Grand Prix Cars - Locomobile - Type 1906
		The Locomobile Company's first cars were steam carriages, modeled after the highly successful Stanley Steamers, developed by the Stanley brothers in Watertown, Massachusetts.
		Locomobile officials decided to explore the gasoline engine, and in January 1902 they turned to a young inventive genius, Andrew Lawrence Riker, who proceeded to design and build Locomobile's first gasoline car.
		During the race their lead driver was hobbled by the lack of removable rims as Joe Tracy and his mechanic, Al Poole, had to change a heartbreaking total of eleven tires on the Locomobile - all by hand, and on several occasions with the limited tools carried on the car.
	www.ddavid.com /formula1/loco.htm (596 words)

	Locomobile
		Locomobile began by producing steam powered autos, leasing a motor design from Stanley Steamer[?].
		The steam Locomobiles were unreliable, and the company started experimenting with gasoline internal combustion engines in 1902, and ended making steam vehicles the following year.
		In 1922 Locomobile was aquired by Durant Motors[?], which continued using the Locomobile brand name for their top-of-the-line autos until 1929.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/lo/Locomobile.html (166 words)

	The Locomobile Catalog
		Locomobile came into being in 1899 selling a steam-powered runabout that was based on the Stanley brother's steam car design.
		Locomobile was successful in selling its cars to the high-end, luxury market until 1920 when its financial troubles began.
		The Locomobile Catalog is limited to the cars produced while Locomobile was under the control of Durant from 1922 to 1929.
	www.durantcars.com /catalogs/locomobile/index.shtml (105 words)

	Locomobile history
		The Locomobile Company of America was incorporated in 1899 by John Brisben, editor and publisher of Cosmopolitan Magazine.
		The Locomobile was the first car to have two spare tires on the back rather than on the side, thus improving balance.
		In 1913 Locomobile was one of the first to feature an electric starter by way of a push button start.
	www.histomobile.com /histomob/internet/189/histo02.htm (535 words)

	RaceVision ®
		Locomobile company, was started in Bridgeport, Connecticut 50 miles northeast of New York city where a deep water port and manufacturing base was already
		The 1899 Locomobile sold for $600, a lot of money in those days and its advertisements boasted, it was noiseless and odorless.
		The Stanley's regretted selling their patents when the Locomobile company took them to court and they were forced to make changes to their original design.
	www.racevision.com /history/locomobile/index.htm (937 words)

	Lyonhart Group: Locomobile Lofts
		Locomobile Lofts in historic Chicago's Motor Row District, which roughly parallels South Michigan Avenue between 14th and 24th streets, is considered to be the largest, intact early "motor colony" in the United States.
		The names of the early auto companies, such as Buick, Hudson, Locomobile and Premier, still are visible on the brick and terra cotta facades.
		Locomobile Lofts, home to the first American automobile to win a European race is situated adjacent to the Prairie Historic District, Soldier Field, museum campus, Lake Michigan and minutes to the near South Loop ahs seen an enviable pace of new construction and redevelopment in the last several years.
	www.lyonhartgroup.com /developments/loco.html (473 words)

	BLAST FROM THE PAST: 1902 LOCOMOBILE
		But the early days were heady going as every exponent of his or her craft was sure that his or her technology and methods employed were the right stuff for the automobile industry to adopt.
		The first Locomobile was a bare bones runabout with a simple frame (taken from a horse-drawn cart) with seats tacked on.
		These cars sold in the $600 to 700 bracket and Locomobile's impressive four-storey factory - said to be the biggest in the world then - was humming with activity.
	www.indiacar.com /infobank/locomobile.htm (414 words)

	America on the Move \| Locomobile radiator emblem
		Locomobile marketed steam powered cars until 1903 when it switched to cars with gasoline engines.
		The Locomobile steam runabout had a 14 inch boiler under the driver's seat that had to be refilled with water every 20 miles.
		Locomobile trademarked more than a dozen "loco" vehicle names, including Lococycle, Locolaunch, Locoracer, Locotrap, and Locohack.
	americanhistory.si.edu /onthemove/collection/object_223.html (177 words)

	1899 Locomobile: Little steamer (phillyBurbs.com) \| Classic cars
		He answered an ad for an 1899 Locomobile placed by a man in Bear Lake, Calif., who was looking for a good home for his little steam runabout.
		Locomobile publicity literature from 1899 touted the steam car's ability to go up to 40 mph, climb grades of 36 degrees and go between 20 to 40 miles on one tank of water.
		Kilsheimer's Locomobile carries serial number 170, which indicates that it was manufactured in 1899.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/250-10212004-386974.html (909 words)

	1899 Locomobile - AutoWeek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Locomobile built steam cars from 1899 through 1904, having bought the designs and patents of Freelan O. and Francis E. Stanley.
		Stanley was the name celebrated when F.O. Stanley and his wife Flora drove a Locomobile up the Mount Washington carriage road in 1899, and the brothers were back in business under their own name by 1901.
		In 1906, less than a decade after this Locomobile was built, a streamlined Stanley racer set a world land speed record over a mile at Ormond Beach, Florida.
	www.autoweek.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060424/FREE/60413008/1027/FREE (820 words)

	Locomobile - Classic Car History
		Cars were entered from every automobilebuilding nation, crowds lined the roads, sometimes boiling over into the very path of the speeding racers, and the celebrities of the time made sure they were seen in the grandstands.
		In 1899 the Stanley brothers had an astounding success with their steam car, but they were short-sighted and allowed themselves to be talked into selling all the assets of their company and the patents.
		They kept on with steam, but the Locomobile executives - realizing that gasoline was the future power source - had a new machine designed.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles01/article820.shtml (838 words)

	Sautter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This Locomobile is completely original and unrestored (with the exception of the wheels, which have been repainted fl, as original).
		The Locomobile was custom-built in 1923 for Albert M. Barnes, a partner in the Wall Street investment firm Dillon, Read and Company.
		At the time of Barnes’ death in 1952, his garage contained the Locomobile as well as a Minerva, a Rolls Royce, a Lincoln-Zephyr and a Lincoln Continental.
	local.aaca.org /volusia/Members/sautter.htm (363 words)

	New Locomobile Steam Cars Now In Production!
		Not only did the Locomobile wow him and everybody else at the antique car show with its classic early-automobile looks, straightforward design, and wonderful workmanship, but when he got a chance to ride in it, he was amazed at its perfectly smooth, quiet operation, smart acceleration, and unbelievably comfortable ride.
		In its time the Locomobile was the most successful, easily-operated, famous, and prestigious car on the road, winning all sorts of races, hill-climbing contests, and other competitions.
		The Modelworks Locomobile replica is also a welcome development for serious collectors of the later Locomobile cars, as the Locomobile company went from their outstanding steam beginning to develop a fine American luxury marque which continued in manufacture until 1929.
	www.angelfire.com /space/peterbrow/locomobile.html (2961 words)

	America on the Move \| Locomobile steam automobile
		Todd's receipt for purchase of the Locomobile, dated July 4, 1901.
		This early steam-powered Locomobile was given to the Smithsonian Institution in 1929 by Mrs.
		The Locomobile Company first made cars in Newton, Mass., and then in Bridgeport, Conn. The museum's car is one of the early products of the Bridgeport factory.
	americanhistory.si.edu /onthemove/collection/object_1281.html (184 words)

	Random House Publishing Group \| Ponzi's Scheme by Mitchell Zuckoff
		When the skies broke loose it would be a welcome relief from the weeks of summer heat that had made downtown Boston ripe with the smells of horses, fish, fruit, fresh-cut leather, and tight-wound rope, all seasoned by salt from the nearby harbor.
		At the wheel of the hand-polished Locomobile was a young Irish immigrant named John Collins, wearing the hat and brass-buttoned uniform of a newly created job: motorcar chauffeur.
		In 1920, the Locomobile was the most expensive car in America, dripping with luxury, from its sterling-silver trim to its crystal bud vases.
	www.randomhouse.com /rhpg/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780739318775&view=excerpt (2438 words)

	Steam & Engine of Australia - Locomobile Steam Car
		Antonio Stabile wrote to me on September of 2001 describing a Locomobile steam car, I've reproduced his message and picture verbatim.
		The mark boilling pan "Locomobile" original the 1896.
		Restaruation one year.Original Motor (Locomobile USA, Stanley), iron pistons and 2 pistons cover by wood, eranskoft a free time, the lubrication is by hand.
	www.steamengine.com.au /steam/road/locomobile (280 words)

	The Auto Collections
		Mr Stotesbury ordered this Model 48 Locomobile in the fall of 1924 with a special ordered fully transformable convertible sedan body by Derham, the top can be lowered and all of the windows disappear to give the car the look of a Phaeton.
		He felt that in his position as the managing director of the largest bank in America, it was not proper for him to be seen in a foreign automobile.
		The Locomobile was then shipped to his Mansion, named “Whitemarsh Hall”, in Philadelphia, which was the most lavish American Palace, ever constructed.
	www.autocollections.com /index.cfm?key=1573&action=details&tab=inventory (247 words)

	Steam Automobile Club of America... :: SteamStuff :: full scale kit of a 1901 Locomobile
		A Locomobile replica could be used daily in a small city but beyond that it is more of a slow motion country cruiser.
		A Locomobile steamer is not just a parking lot toy, as a well tuned Locomoble easily travels at 30 mph and is very famous as a hill climber.
		I have also been sent the "Locomobile Chassis Swivel Joint and basic plan" by Harry Hibler, this has some really helpful drawings of the locomobile body with what looks like to be some accurate measurements and drawings of most of the body panels.
	www.steamautomobile.com /ForuM/read.php?1,2050,page=2 (4854 words)

	Jürgen Kraft: WI-D430 Steam Locomobile from Wilesco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This locomobile was used around the turn of the century by farmers for threshing and ploughing.
		It was horse-drawn but was also frequently self-propelled and was capable of moving under its own steam at speeds of 3 to 4 kilometres per hour.
		The locomobile is driven by a chain and the front axle can be steered.
	www.sell-it-easy.de /shop_e/query.php?cp_tpl=5504_17&cp_pid=123011873&cp_cat=17 (218 words)

	1902 Locomobile Steam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		he most famous Locomobile was Old 16, a gasoline-engined automobile that was the winner of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
		Before that, from 1899 to 1904, Locomobile built steam-engined cars.
		This twin-cylinder reversing steam engine is representative of those used to power automobiles such as the Stanley.
	www.ohtm.org /eng_loco.html (58 words)

	Locomobile Cars Model Range Types (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Locomobile's classic design changed little from year to year.
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	www.ukcar.com /carspecs/basicmodels.asp?maker=Locomobile (639 words)

	1926 Locomobile Junior 8 Sedan
		1899 : La firme " Locomobile Company of America" a été fondée en juin par John Brisben Walker et Amzi Lorenzo Barber après le rachat de la société Stanley.
		Its a 1926 Locomobile JR 8.Its in incredible condition.
		This won trophy's in the 60's and 70's and still have a couple that go with the car.
	www.trombinoscar.com /nordest/locomobile2601.html (1215 words)

	loco-Wuringer
		According to the Genealogy of the Locomobile, Donald L. Ball, Stanley museum, I could find that some things are changed compared to production # 1674, which indicates production June/July 1900.
		So theses parts were taken from younger constructions, but have been used by Locomobile company.
		appears that it would be much too small for the requirements of the locomobile and your existing rims.
	www.stanleysteamers.com /wuringer.htm (1397 words)

	1909 Locomobile 40 Baby Tonneau automobile, car, specifications, specs, technical data, information
		Spezifikationen 1909 Locomobile 40 Baby Tonneau auf Deutsch.
		Sspecificaties 1909 Locomobile 40 Baby Tonneau in het Nederlands.
		Caractéristiques 1909 Locomobile 40 Baby Tonneau en Français.
	www.carfolio.com /specifications/models/id/?id=128920 (425 words)

	Coachbult.com - Bridgeport Body Co (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		After Locomobile’s 1921 bankruptcy, Clarence W. Seward (1875-1966) and James H. Hinman (1882-1962), Bridgeport’s two owners, courted a number of regional chassis manufacturers as well as body designers such as deCausse and LeBaron looking for work.
		A total of seven custom-bodied Locomobiles were displayed at a Salon that prohibited the exhibit of American chassis.
		Gubitz had worked with Stickney at Locomobile and was an excellent designer and illustrator who would later become chief designer for Packard.
	www.coachbuilt.com /bui/b/bridgeport/bridgeport.htm (5678 words)

	1910 Locomobile, Model I, Seven Passenger Touring (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Locomobile Co. Chicago show car in 1910 and sold off the
		This Locomobile is the only Model I with its original body and also retains its original fenders, hood, radiator, floor and running boards, windshield, carburetor, brass lights and accessories.
		The car was cosmetically restored for Dr. Scher by Wilkinson and Sharp and remains in outstanding condition, having less than 8,000 miles from new on it.
	www.chandlerwheels.com /autos/auto_pages/1910_locomobile_touring.htm (138 words)

	Steam Automobile Club of America... :: SteamStuff :: 1901 Locomobile project
		It all looks ok, but I just picked up a 1901 Locomobile engine which is identical but all together.
		Also we are trying to establish a value for an 1899 Locomobile that we are appraising.
		I am a descendant of one of the founders of the Locomobile Company, and my son is doing a research report on Locomobiles.
	www.steamautomobile.com /ForuM/read.php?1,243 (869 words)

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