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Thanks for providing those images, Curt. Otherwise no one would believe it!

On TV I have seen a movie clip of Baker dancing in the banana skirt. One recoils in disbelief! :oops:

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Edison in his 1902 Studebaker Electric
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Henry wrote:I imagine that the cost of shipping it over would be prohibitive. Plus, trying to register it here might be problematic because of our stringent safety requirements and emissions inspections. And the driver's view out of the right side would put me at a disadvantage with all the reckless maniacs on our highways today. Oh well, in my dreams.... :(
A classic auto only has to meet safety and emissions requirements for the year it was built, if you are registering it as an Antique car. You don't have to bring the vehicle up to current standards. Lots of people have right-hand-drive cars here in the USA.

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Well, that's good to know. Now it's full speed ahead to get the London cab over here! As soon as I come up with $48K....

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The English singer and actress Jessie Matthews (1907-1981) with her second husband the actor and director Sonny Hale (1902-1959) from whom she was divorced in 1944. The car is a 1935 Humber Pullman.
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Caruso cranking with his right hand? Bad Enrico!
Cranking that way is a "no no", a kick back can break your wrist. :o :cry:
Pull up with the left hand and the kickback just pulls the crank out of your hand.
The engine starts and runs clockwise and the kickback is in the opposite direction.

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Maybe he didn't have the $ to buy a car with electric starting! ;)

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Curt A wrote:
JerryVan wrote:
Curt A wrote:Tom and his Locomobile and his touring car...

Those are both electric cars and I believe both are Bakers. The top one is not a Locomobile.
Jerry, I believe you... the top pic was titled as a Locomobile... (on the website that I stole it from)
The first is a '98 or '99 Baker, Edison's first car. The second is a 1908 Baker Stanhope.

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Al Jolson with a car which appears to have a customised front end. No doubt our American members will be able to identify it :
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