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RAIL AND ROAD

       Elegance                                               1904 OLDSMOBILE SINGLE-CYLINDER ENGINE
                                                                                 Crankcase
                                                                  Oil bottle dripfeed
                                                                                                   Starting
                                                                                                   handle
                                                    Exhaust pipe
       and utility                                 Cylinder head                                   bracket

       DURING THE FIRST DECADE OF THE 2OTH CENTURY, the                       Cylinder      Starter cog
       motorist who could afford it had a choice of some of the finest
                                                                     Carburetor             Engine
       cars ever made. These handbuilt cars were powerful and
                                                                                            timing gear
       luxurious, using the finest woods, leathers, and cloths, and      Crankshaft
       bodywork made to the customer’s individual requirements; some
       had six-cylinder engines as big as 15 liters. The price of such cars was
       several times that of an average house, and their yearly running costs
       were also very high. As a result, basic, utilitarian cars became popular.                  Flywheel
                                                                               Gear
       Costing perhaps one-tenth of the price of a luxury car, these cars had   band
       very little trim and often had only single-cylinder engines.

                               FRONT VIEW OF 1906 RENAULT                       SIDE VIEW OF 1906 RENAULT
                                Mahogany framed    Cast aluminum
                       Canopy       Windshield     wheel spider               Luggage grid
                                                                Rear
             British Automobile                                 window        Button-quilted
              Association badge                                                 upholstery
                                                               Bedford cord
                                                               upholstery
        Window                                                                 Mahogany-
           blind                                               British         framed plate
                                                               Royal          glass window
       Blind pull                                              Automobile
                                                               Club badge
         Window                                                    Rearview
         lift strap                                                mirror
                                                                              Round-corner
          Broad                                               Lamp bracket   single limousine
            lace                                                                coachwork
            trim                                                  Oil side lamp
       Windshield
          support                                                 Dashboard
                                                                  radiator
       Fender
       (wing)
                                                                                    Rear oil
         Brass bevel                                                      Access    lamp
                                                                          panel
        Hood catch
         Bail handle                                                      Lifting
                                                                          handle
            Mirror
           reflector                                                               Shock
                                                                                 absorber
          Acetylene
          headlight                                                        Steering
                                                                           spindle
                                                                                        Hub
                                                                          Elliott
                                                                          steering     Hub cap
           Chevron-                                                       knuckle
           tread tire                           Front axle                           Beaded edge tire
                                   Screwdown               Track rod
                     Dumb iron       greaser  Starting handle                               Tire security bolt

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