Description
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Year
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Answer
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Model "R," first mass-produced automobile
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1901-03
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Oldsmobile Curved Dash Runabout
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One of America's original "fine cars," early Brass Era
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1908
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Simplex 50 Speedcar
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Henry Ford's bestseller
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1908-27
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Ford Model T
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First flagship of General Motors
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1910-12
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Oldsmobile Limited
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Steam-powered pre-war vehicle
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1906-14
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Stanley
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First purpose-built sports car, first "supercar"
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1911
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Mercer 35R Raceabout
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Brass-era Indy 500 racer, Wisconsin Motor Company
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1912-16
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Stutz Model A Bearcat
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"Henry's lady"
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1928-31
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Ford Model A
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America's answer to the Rolls-Royce
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1929-37
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Duesenberg Model J/SJ
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First front-wheel drive offered to the public
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1929-32
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Cord L-29
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Cadillac's junior "companion car," named after a French explorer
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1927-29
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La Salle
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Series 452; 4,076 built; Fleetwood and Fisher coachbuilders
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1930-40
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Cadillac V-16
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Murray's V-grille, other memorable car was the Flying Cloud
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1931-34
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Reo Royale 8
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Boattail designed by Alan Leamy
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1931-32
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Auburn Speedster
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Oliver Clark designed radiator grille, automatic heater control, safety glass
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1932-33
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Chrysler CL Custom Imperial
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Eight cylinders, first of the hot rods, flathead engine
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1932
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Ford V8
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Body styles included Town Cars and Sport Phaetons; released at the Roosevelt Hotel
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1932
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Packard Twin Six
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GM's limited production show car
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1933-37
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Cadillac V-16 Aero-Dynamic Coupe
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Shown at the New York Auto Show, $10,000, 5 built, Phillip O. Wright
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1933
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Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow
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Designed with aerodynamic principles and state-of-the-art suspension
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1934-37
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Chrysler and De Soto Airflow
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135" wheelbase, pontoon fenders, triangular quarter windows
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1934
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Packard Twelve Sport Coupe by Lebaron
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Jaguar of its day, swoopy fenders, chromed bullet headlamps
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1935
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Auburn 851 Carbiolet
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Coupe, Convertible Victoria, Amos Northup designs
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1936-37
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Graham Supercharger
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Flagship K model, pontoon fenders, bullet headlamps, canted grille
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1936
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Lincoln K Convertible Roadster
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Gordon Buehrig, front wheel drive, hidden headlamps, "Coffin Nose"
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1936-37
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Cord 810/812
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Designed by John Tjaarda, concieved by Edsel Ford, three-passenger
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1937
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Lincoln-Zephyr Coupe
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Raymond Loewy Associates, "winged victory" grille, skirted fenders, three window, batwing rear window
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1937
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Studebaker Dictator Coupe
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141hp straight-eight engine, 194 built, four-door, standard paint color Premier Green
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1940
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Buick Series 60 Century Phaeton
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"Shark nose," forward-thrusting faces, concept drawings by Amos Northup
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1938-40
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Graham Spirit of Motion
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