Leroy's mystery car; solved! [1/1]

Here's a reminder of the car


Here's the reply I received from a very helpful guy at the Speedway Hall
of Fame Museum:

"1917 Pathfinder made in Richmond Indiana, Company made cars for 2 years
1916-1917, possibly only 2 cars left in world, this one and a 1916 2
seater in Washington state. The complete top is streamlined by going
completly inside the body panel. That is a motometer, the car is
actually pale yellow. Hope this helped you out."

Well. I'd never have got that in a million years. With the hundreds of
small manufacturers that sprang up in America in the first three decades
of the 20th century, made a few cars and the sank, it would have been
like looking for a needle in a haystack.
--
Regards

Leroy Curtis

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Interesting. According to the "Standard Catalog of American Cars"
Pathfinder made cars from 1912 till 1917. In the last two years they
were fitted with 12 cylinder engines by Weidely; I guess this is one
of those 12 cylinder models.

André.

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:20:24 +0100, Leroy Curtis
> wrote:

>Here's the reply I received from a very helpful guy at the Speedway Hall
>of Fame Museum:
>
>"1917 Pathfinder made in Richmond Indiana, Company made cars for 2 years
>1916-1917, possibly only 2 cars left in world, this one and a 1916 2
>seater in Washington state. The complete top is streamlined by going
>completly inside the body panel. That is a motometer, the car is
>actually pale yellow. Hope this helped you out."
>
>Well. I'd never have got that in a million years. With the hundreds of
>small manufacturers that sprang up in America in the first three decades
>of the 20th century, made a few cars and the sank, it would have been
>like looking for a needle in a haystack.
>--
>Regards
>
> Leroy Curtis
>
>Please replace "nospam" with "baram" in my address if you wish to
>reply by Email

Leroy Curtis > wrote in
:

> Here's a reminder of the car
>
> Attachment decoded: untitled-2.txt
> --=_Turnpike_SfH2eEHnRdoINy7D=
>
>
> Attachment decoded: Josie George in mystery car.jpg
> --=_Turnpike_SfH2eEHnRdoINy7D=
>
> Here's the reply I received from a very helpful guy at the Speedway
Hall
> of Fame Museum:
>
> "1917 Pathfinder made in Richmond Indiana, Company made cars for 2
years
> 1916-1917, possibly only 2 cars left in world, this one and a 1916 2
> seater in Washington state. The complete top is streamlined by going
> completly inside the body panel. That is a motometer, the car is
> actually pale yellow. Hope this helped you out."
>
> Well. I'd never have got that in a million years. With the hundreds of
> small manufacturers that sprang up in America in the first three
decades
> of the 20th century, made a few cars and the sank, it would have been
> like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Well done Leroy,

No wonder it was so hard to find :-)

Cheers,
Ron

Congratulations, Leroy. I think it's great fun to do detective work and
finally identify a rare brand or model but I think you've outdone yourself
on this one. Not only is it rarer than rare but it's even a good looking
vehicle.

max

"Leroy Curtis" > wrote in message
...
> Here's a reminder of the car
>


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>
> Here's the reply I received from a very helpful guy at the Speedway Hall
> of Fame Museum:
>
> "1917 Pathfinder made in Richmond Indiana, Company made cars for 2 years
> 1916-1917, possibly only 2 cars left in world, this one and a 1916 2
> seater in Washington state. The complete top is streamlined by going
> completly inside the body panel. That is a motometer, the car is
> actually pale yellow. Hope this helped you out."
>
> Well. I'd never have got that in a million years. With the hundreds of
> small manufacturers that sprang up in America in the first three decades
> of the 20th century, made a few cars and the sank, it would have been
> like looking for a needle in a haystack.
> --
> Regards
>
> Leroy Curtis
>
> Please replace "nospam" with "baram" in my address if you wish to
> reply by Email
>

In article om>, Max
Magister > writes
>
>"Leroy Curtis" > wrote in message
...

>> Here's a reminder of the car
>>
>> Here's the reply I received from a very helpful guy at the Speedway Hall
>> of Fame Museum:
>>
>> "1917 Pathfinder made in Richmond Indiana, Company made cars for 2 years
>> 1916-1917, possibly only 2 cars left in world, this one and a 1916 2
>> seater in Washington state. The complete top is streamlined by going
>> completly inside the body panel. That is a motometer, the car is
>> actually pale yellow. Hope this helped you out."
>>
>> Well. I'd never have got that in a million years. With the hundreds of
>> small manufacturers that sprang up in America in the first three decades
>> of the 20th century, made a few cars and the sank, it would have been
>> like looking for a needle in a haystack.

>Congratulations, Leroy. I think it's great fun to do detective work and
>finally identify a rare brand or model but I think you've outdone yourself
>on this one. Not only is it rarer than rare but it's even a good looking
>vehicle.
>> --
It became a real mission to find out what this was. I hate to be beaten
where stuff like this is concerned.
--
Regards

Leroy Curtis

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