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"CAR_IS_MI" (car-is-mi) 09/18/2014 at 12:13 • Filed to: None

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There were over 1,800 American automobile manufacturers founded between 1896 to 1930.

Full list on Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_a…

HammerheadFistpunch > CAR_IS_MI 09/18/2014 at 12:19

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I kind of wonder where Patrick got the number of 3 million. Seems like a lot.

mcseanerson > CAR_IS_MI 09/18/2014 at 12:19

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Yep, everyone wanted to be the next big hit. My town made the Logan.

No, not that Logan.

This one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_(au…

CAR_IS_MI > HammerheadFistpunch 09/18/2014 at 12:21

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there were more than three million different American auto brands?

Okay, maybe not that many. But the American car market used to be much larger than it is currently

He has an, um... creative imagination.

spanfucker retire bitch > CAR_IS_MI 09/18/2014 at 12:23

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Apparently my hometown used to have one. Holy shit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_%2…

CAR_IS_MI > mcseanerson 09/18/2014 at 12:24

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$1,600 in 1905. thats roughly $45,00 in todays money!

also. what is this impossible to strip transmission?

mcseanerson > CAR_IS_MI 09/18/2014 at 12:26

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Hell if I know. We have one at the local museum but in the ten years I've lived here I've yet to go there.

CAR_IS_MI > spanfucker retire bitch 09/18/2014 at 12:26

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And it had TWO!!!! working brakes.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CAR_IS_MI 09/18/2014 at 12:32

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Site search of Wikipedia's source only turned up one for SC, and none for NC. Carolinas, I am disappoint.

spanfucker retire bitch > CAR_IS_MI 09/18/2014 at 12:35

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Damn, now I feel uneducated. I'm surprised how many automotive companies were based around WNY. And I feel even dumber for not realizing Pierce Arrow was out of Buffalo, NY.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce-Ar…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroquois_…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mo…

Thanks, this has been interesting trip through local history.