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About Quiz # 269: 1907 Tourist Model K (UPDATE: 1906!)
Who makes long vacations? A Tourist of course! And that’s exactly the make of last week’s quiz car. Tourist automobiles and trucks were manufactured in Los Angeles by the Auto Vehicle Company between 1902 and 1910. It was California’s most popular car of the pre-WW I period. According to the information we received ours is a 1907 model K that was restored by John Walgamott about 30 years ago, owned by Wes Buck for about ten years and now belongs to
Kenny King. However, our trusty Standard Catalogue doesn’t mention a roadster being made in 1907, so we are not exactly sure about the year. Correct answers came in from Dave Brownell, Johan Larsson, Eric Jacob, Alex Brown and jury members Chris Paulsen, Ian Hayhurst, Lars-Göran Lindgren, Kit Foster, Peter Ransom and Mike Turner. From the non-jury members only Eric Jacob mentioned the Model K, so this week’s prize will go to him. Congratulations Eric! See you all next week with a new quiz. (photos courtesy Robb Stewart)
Update by editor RB: Our quiz car is indeed a 1906 Model K, not 1907. This has no effect on results of the quiz, as we didn't take the year into consideration.
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Friday, 05 March 2010
Who makes long vacations? A Tourist of course! And that’s exactly the make of last week’s quiz car. Tourist automobiles and trucks were manufactured in Los Angeles by the Auto Vehicle Company between 1902 and 1910. It was California’s most popular car of the pre-WW I period. According to the information we received ours is a 1907 model K that was restored by John Walgamott about 30 years ago, owned by Wes Buck for about ten years and now belongs to Kenny King. However, our trusty Standard Catalogue doesn’t mention a roadster being made in 1907, so we are not exactly sure about the year. Correct answers came in from Dave Brownell, Johan Larsson, Eric Jacob, Alex Brown and jury members Chris Paulsen, Ian Hayhurst, Lars-Göran Lindgren, Kit Foster, Peter Ransom and Mike Turner. From the non-jury members only Eric Jacob mentioned the Model K, so this week’s prize will go to him. Congratulations Eric! See you all next week with a new quiz. (photos courtesy Robb Stewart) 
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