Amelia Island 2019

THIS IS A 1917 LOCOMOBILE 48 (M-7) BODIED BY FARNHAM & NELSON (BOSTON) WITH A DUAL COWL / DUAL WINDSHIELD + CAPE TOP.
THE FIRST DUAL COWL / DUAL WINDSHIELD WAS A CREATION OF J. FRANK deCAUSSE, WHO APPRENTICED AT KELLNER STUDIOS IN PARIS. LOCOMOBILE COMMISSIONED deCAUSSE TO HEAD UP THEIR CUSTOM BODY DEPARTMENT AND IN 1916 BROUGHT TO THE WORLD THE FIRST DC / DW ON A LOCOMOBILE 48 CHASSIS. THAT CAR NO LONGER EXISTS. I KNOW OF TWO OTHER LOCOMOBILE 48 DC / DW, A 1919 IN CALIFORNIA AND A 1920 IN ILLINOIS. AS THE 4TH OWNER, I ACQUIRED THE CAR OUT OF NEW KINGSTON, NY IN 1997 WITH 97,000 MILES ON IT. . THE SECOND OWNER, SOUTHBOROUGH, MASS. ACQUIRED THE CAR IN THE LATE 40'S AND WHEN HE SOLD IT IN 1958 THERE WERE 58,000 MILES ON IT. FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE 2ND OWNER REPRESENT THAT THE CAR WAS BUILT FOR LOUIS LEGGETT OF REXALL DRUG AND USED AT THEIR NEWPORT, RI. RESIDENCE