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Carriage or car body?
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2019 4:22 pm
by agriscience
Please help with an ID for the 2 seater body I have purchased.
IT is 100% wood (except nails and 4 hinges)
Thanks in advance!
Happy Days!
Re: Carriage or car body?
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2019 4:58 pm
by RajoRacer
Looks nice a really nice buggy or sleigh body.
Re: Carriage or car body?
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2019 5:01 pm
by Dropacent
In that era, they were pretty much interchangeable. The early autos had carriage bodies with pedals and shifters and steering wheels or tillers added. Looks like it was always a carriage body so far, but would make a beautiful thing to assemble a horseless carriage around.
Re: Carriage or car body?
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2019 5:10 pm
by Rich Eagle
It sure looks like a tulip body Cadillac. Point well taken about buggies having the same coach work. The cutout in the floorboard looks to be for steering column.
Sure is pretty!
Rich
Ray Wells
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2019 5:34 pm
by FreighTer Jim
Ray Wells in El Cajon, CA would probably know.
He has built 1000 wood bodies and repaired many
along the way:
@
http://www.the-craftsman.biz/contactus.html
FJ
Re: Carriage or car body?
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 4:55 pm
by agriscience
Could it be an early sleigh?
No steel only nails and hinges!
Thanks!
Steve
Re: Carriage or car body?
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 5:30 pm
by Charlie B in N.J.
I'm going to stick with my first impression which was a sleigh. That Caddie ad gave me a turn but no.
Re: Carriage or car body?
Posted: Tue Jun 25, 2019 5:33 pm
by Rich Bingham
Yes it could be a sleigh body. It was not uncommon to use a body of that type on runners in winter, and on a carriage running gear in summer. Many similar bodies were used on automobile chassis in the "oughts" 1900-1906 especially. Lack of a horse-drawn type dash and the cut out in the toe board suggest an auto to me.