Re: World's Oldest Running Car Fetches $4.62M

I'm tellin ya Travis... I have seen a LOT of those parts on a
still.........

On Jan 20, 10:54 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>    World's Oldest Running Car Fetches $4.62M****
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> [image: World's oldest running car sells for US$4.6 million]****
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> Oldest Running Car Fetches $4.62M****
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> *October 10 2011 at 10:05am *****
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> By Motoring Staff****
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> [image: IOL mot pic oct 10 De Dion 1]****
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> *.*****
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> *This is the oldest motor vehicle car in the world that still runs. *****
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> *It was built one year before Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler invented the
> internal combustion engine.*****
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> *The world's oldest running motor vehicle has been sold at auction for an
> astonishing $4.62 million (R36.5-million), more than double the pre-sale
> estimate, as two bidders chased the price up in a three-minute bidding war.
> *****
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> *The 1884 De Dion Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos Steam Runabout drew a
> standing ovation as it was **driven up onto the stage** at Friday's RM
> Auction in Hershey, Pennsylvania - to prove that this 127-year-old car
> really does run! - and attracted a starting bid of $500 000, which was
> immediately doubled to $1 million.*****
>
> *Encouraged by the applauding crowd, the bidding went swiftly up to $4.2
> million (R33 million) - 4.62 million (R36.5 million) including the 10
> percent commission - before the car was knocked down to a **unnamed buyer.
> *****
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> *The Dos-a-Dos (Back-to-Back) Steam Runabout was built in 1884 by George
> Bouton and Charles-Armand Trepardoux for French entrepreneur Count de Dion,
> who named it 'La Marquise' after his mother.  *****
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> *In 1887, with De Dion at the tiller, it won the world's first ever motor
> race (it was the only entrant to make the start line!) covering the 32km
> from the Pont de Neuilly in Paris to Versailles and back in one hour and 14
> minutes (an average of 25.9km/h) and, according to contemporary reports,
> hitting a breathtaking 60km/h on the straights!  *****
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>  ****
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> *La Marquise has only had four owners, remaining in one family for 81
> years, and has been restored twice, once by the Doriol family and again by
> British collector Tom Moore in the early 1990's.  Since then, it has taken
> part in four London-to-Brighton runs and collected a double gold at the
> 1997 Pebble Beach *****
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> *d'Elegance in California.  *****
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> *[image: IOL mot pic oct10 De Dion 3]*****
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> *Count de Dion winning the first ever motor race.*****
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> *[image: World's oldest running car sells for US$4.6 million]*****
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