EARLY MOTOR CARS.
STAUNCH CONSTRUCTION. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Nov. 18. Forty-three motor-cars, all of them over 25 years old, took part in a run from London to Brighton. This was in celebration, of the thirty-second anniversary of a similar run held in 1896, when it became no longer necessary for a man with a red flag to precede motor-cars using English highways. Compared with modern models the cars in to-day’s race, few of which were fitted with windscreens, looked extremely primitive. The oldest car in the procession was 35 years old. The early cars were evidently stoutly built, however, .and many of those on exhibition are still in use almost daily. Some have the original sparking plugs, and few of them have undergone extensive mechanical repairs. One two-cylinder car was still using one tire with which it was equipped when purchased.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 303, 20 November 1928, Page 7
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142EARLY MOTOR CARS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 303, 20 November 1928, Page 7
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