FRANKLIN (US) 1901-1934

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FRANKLIN (US) 1901-1934
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DaWeber	Sep 22 2009, 09:09 PM Post #1
Station Wagon Posts: 1,310 Group: Members Member #96 Joined: December 3, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand Matchbox Favorite Car Chevy Cruze	This marque has been recognized as being one of the most successful producers of air cooled engine powered cars before the birth of the VW. Unfortunately, this company founded by H H Franklin experienced major financial problems during the Great Depression and producion finally ceased in 1934. The patents were taken over by Air-Cooled Motors Corporation; later renamed Franklin Engine Company . This latter firm specialized in aircraft engine production and was the source for the Tucker powerplant in 1948. Models of the Franklin in small scale are almost nonexistant . But there is mention in the "Diecast Price Guide" by Douglas Kelly of a model made by AHI of Japan. It is in 1;80 scale and is in the Antique Series. Kelly lists a 1902 " Ali Coold Frankline"from the Japanese listing. This is too much of a coincidence to not actually be a 1902 Franklin Air Cooled car model!



ChFalkensteiner	Oct 18 2009, 10:52 AM Post #2
Subcompact Posts: 69 Group: Members Member #1,559 Joined: December 10, 2008 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand Matchbox Location Linz, Austria Favorite Car Citroen DS	1918 Franklin Model 9 at the Palais Mondial in Brussels, Belgium: Attached to this post: F080506_059.jpg (69.75 KB) Edited by ChFalkensteiner, Oct 18 2009, 10:53 AM.



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