Tag: American Locomotive Company
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A 1913 Journey to Paris in an Alco Touring Car (Updated: January 19, 2015)
Paul Macone of Concord, Massachusetts has forwarded photos and information on an Alco touring car that his grandfather chauffeured around France in 1913.
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The 1909 Alco 40-HP Runabout Sold for $280,500 by Gooding & Company at Amelia Island
In May 2011, I had the opportunity to visit the famous basement garage of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum. Among the many spectacular automobiles in the basement was a 1909 Alco Runabout.
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Mystery Foto #44 Solved: The #7 Alco Shaft Drive 6- Cylinder Racer in Elgin, Illinois
Last week's Mystery Foto featured a shaft driven Alco racer.
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Mystery California Alco Racer Identified
VanderbiltCupRaces.com viewers were challenged on February 6, 2012 to identify the above Alco Racer. I believe Robert Rampton of Salt Lake City, Utah has solved the mystery.
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Can You Identify this Mystery Alco Racer?
Rick Rawlins has forwarded this photo of a chain drive Alco and looking for assistance in identifying the car, location and drivers.
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Walter P. Chrysler, the American Locomotive Company and a 1932 Newsreel
American Locomotive Company played a brief but important role in the career of a great American automobile executive Walter P. Chrysler. In December 1909, Chrysler's first manufacturing job was superintendent of the Pittsburgh Works plant of the American Locomotive Company.
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In Search of Alcos: #11 The 1912 Alco Convertible Touring Car Stored in a Rehoboth Barn
Over the last four months, VanderbiltCupRaces.com has attempted to document the Alco "12"- the 12 reported existing rebuilt and restored cars made originally by the American Locomotive Company in Providence, Rhode Island. The eleventh Alco is a 1912 Alco Convertible Touring Car stored in a car barn in Rehoboth, Massachusetts:
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In Search of Alcos: #10 The 1909 Alco 9-60 Touring Car Formerly at the Indy Hall of Fame Museum
Over the last three months, VanderbiltCupRaces.com has attempted to document the Alco "12"- the 12 existing rebuilt and restored cars made originally by the American Locomotive Company in Providence, Rhode Island. The tenth Alco is a 1909 Alco 9-60 Touring Car owned by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway:
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In Search of Alcos: #9 1913 Alco Model 6 Berline Limousine at Crawford Auto Aviation Museum
Over the last three months, we have attempted to document the Alco "12"- the 12 existing rebuilt and restored cars made originally by the American Locomotive Company in Providence, Rhode Island. The ninth Alco is a 1913 Alco Model 6 Berline Limousine at the Crawford Auto Aviation Museum, A Collection of Western Reserve
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In Search of Alcos: #7 1912 Alco Touring Car Owned By Andy Oldman
Over the last 25 years, it has been widely written that there are only 12 original, rebuilt and restored Alcos that exist in museums and private collections. As requested by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, I have been attempting to track down the Alco "12". As noted by Roberto Rodriguez of the Seal Cove