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Originally Posted by Plexus928
I like a garage that has Persian rugs on the floor.  What is the 1930's beastie parked next to the 928? |
The "1930's beastie" is a 1933 Franklin Olympic Convertible Coupe.
It is one of (I believe) 14 of that model Franklin known to still exist. 100 hp 4.5 ltr air cooled straight six.
I owned it for about 10 years. It was fast enough to easily keep up with modern traffic - I had it up to 80 mph once & it would probably do 100 - but that's kinda like flogging a 80 year old man. Unfortunately it couldn't go round a corner to save it's life. Since my tastes run more to cars that handle, I passed it on to a new caretaker a couple of years ago.