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Northern 5hp runabout 1902 for sale

1902-1903 Northern 5hp runabout.Unique chance to acquire a fully restored very motorable early veteran motorcar and forerunner of the Studebaker. This 1902/1903 Northern 5 hp single cylinder 1800 cc runabout, chassis and enginenumber 1476 is the oldest surviving Northern out of only 11 five hp Northerns known to exist. With its two speed ..

Northern

US, 1902 – 1909

(1) Northern Mfg Co, Detroit, Mich., 1902 – 1905

(2) Northern Motor Car Co, Detroit, Mich., 1906 – 1909

The Northern car company was founded by two ex-Oldsmobile engineers, J.D. Maxwell and C.B. King. Their first and most popular Northern car was the Silent Northern, a single-cylinder two-seater runabout not unlike the Oldsmobile, but with a straight dash. These Northern cars were made under licence in Sweden as the Norden. Bonnetted, flat-twins were sold from 1904 and in 1906 King designed a 4-cylinder 18hp Northern car with air-operated brakes and clutch. In 1908 he left the Northern car company – later to make the King car – and in 1909 Northern cars merged with E.M.F.

Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; GMN

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Donnet / Donnet-Zédel

France, 1924 – 1934

SA des Automobiles Donnet, Nanterre, Seine; Neuilly, Seine, Pontarlier, Doubs.

After Zédel and Vinot et Deguingand ceased production, Donnet, a new company constituted from them in 1924, offered two new cars called Donnet-Zédel. A light car was made, the 7CV Donnet-Zedel Type G, which had a side-valve 4-cylinder engine of 1100cc and (unusual for so small a vehicle) a 4-speed gearbox. It was a solidly-built machine, and a Donnet-Zedel sports model was listed. There was, in addition, a medium-sized four of about 2¼-litres. From 1926, the Donnet-Zedel firm came to concentrate upon a 2½-litre six, also with side valves, which proved a popular car. Another, smaller six with 1.3-litres (later 1.8-litre) Sainturat-designed engine was also offered by Donnet-Zedel. In the 1932 range however, was a new small Donnet-Zedel car in the shape of a 750cc 2-stroke. This, a violet design, had been sold as the Dequingand until 1930. A fwd 2-litre 6-cylinder Donnet-Zedel, shown at the 1931 Paris Salon came to nothing. With the demise of Donnet, Simca took over the Donnet-Zedel factory.

Source: Georgano, encyclopedia of motorcar; TRN