Good Morning, Oppo

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 05/14/2020 at 09:05 • Filed to: good morning oppo

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The E.J. Quinn Motor Car Company, selling Westcott cars from their showroom on 14th Street in Washington, D.C. in 1920.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > ttyymmnn 05/14/2020 at 09:23

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Makes you wonder how they ever got them out the door....

ttyymmnn > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 05/14/2020 at 09:35

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user314 > ttyymmnn 05/14/2020 at 09:41

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The company originated from John Westcott’s Westcott Carriage Company which was founded in Richmond, Indiana in 1896. It was reorganized as the Westcott Motor Car Company in 1909. John Westcott sold his interest to Burton J. Westcott in 1916 and production moved to Springfield. In 1917 output reached 2,000 cars with it peaking in 1920.

The last known advertisement for Westcott cars was April 5, 1925 and the same day a newspaper reported that the company had been sold the previous day to J. B. Cartmell, Arthur Hill, and George Cugley for $81,000. Production had stopped as the company was unable to pay debts of $825,000 owed to suppliers of parts used in the cars. Burton Westcott had been unable to save the company and died a year later in January 1926.

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T he Westcott was advertised as “the car with the longer life”. Westcotts were powered by Continental engines, and rode at least two wheelbases, 125 in (3,175 mm) and 118 in (2,997 mm). In 1923, the company released a model named the Closure, which was a touring car with hard panels that could be removed from the sides of the car during the summer months. According to the company, the average lifespan of a Westcott car was 10 years, which was three and a half years higher than the national average.

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1909 14 hp water-cooled engine buggy that rode on 38 inch solid rubber tires

1913 coupe

1914 Model 4-48 four-cylinder engine 48 hp five-passenger touring car, four-passenger touring car, two-passenger roadster all costing $1,985

1914 Model 6-50 six-cylinder engine 67 hp seven-passenger touring car $2,535, five-passenger touring car $2,485, two-passenger roadster $2,485

1916 Model 42

1917 Popular

1917 roadster four-seat

1919 A-48

1920 Lighter six - 118 inch wheelbase - two-seat roadster, three-seat coupe, five-passenger touring car, and a five-passenger sedan

1920 Larger six - 125 inch wheelbase a five- or seven-seat touring car, and a seven-seat limousine

1923 five-passenger standard touring, sport touring, and sedan priced from $1,690 to $2,690

1923 seven-passenger standard touring, sedan, and limousine priced from $1,890 to $3,090

Can’t tell what’s in the window, the A-48, Lighter and Larger all have similar front ends. 

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > ttyymmnn 05/14/2020 at 09:44

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ttyymmnn > user314 05/14/2020 at 09:58

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I came across another Shorpy picture that I plan to post at another time. It showed a car by some obscure car company in front of an equally obscure biplane at Mills Field in 1929. Nobody on Shorpy could ID the plane, so I did some browsing and came up empty. Considering how many car manufacturers came and went, and how many small aircraft builders there were who lasted maybe 10 years at most, it may be nigh on impossible to figure out what flavor of airplane it is. 

user314 > ttyymmnn 05/14/2020 at 10:04

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*Pours out some avgas for Meigs Field*

user314 > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 05/14/2020 at 10:06

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facw > ttyymmnn 05/14/2020 at 10:29

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As a one story building, this one was obviously never going to make it to present day, but I was hoping maybe the building on the right would still be there. However, all the buildings there are relatively new development, we’re talking like 3 blocks from the White House, so this is really the heart of the city.

facw > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 05/14/2020 at 10:37

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Could have a back entrance  to an alley, though frankly given the way they were built at the time, it doesn’t seem entirely impossible that they could just disassemble it until it was small enough to go through the door. Alternatively, did cars have annual updates back then? If you thought it would be years between model changes, it might not have been a big deal to disassemble the storefront to switch it out.