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Originally Posted by wasif Can you add some history to the Stoewer Car. It might not be a 1913 but a later model from around 1918.
Its rims have been changed. The current rims are from a Ford model A. |
Found an interesting interview on the car, with these factoids:
"The car and a mechanic ....were shipped to India in 1907."
"In 1946-47, my father, Santinath Chowdhury decided to restore it. Back then, he had to use the rim and tyres of T-Model 4 to get the Stoewer running."
So must have had wooden wheels that were unusable after 19 years of doing the Malighati - Midnapore run on non-existant roads.
Wish the wooden wheels are manufactured again for the car.
Also the import year is 1907, whereas it is being referred to as a 1913 Stoewer, even in the headline of the article.
Since the interview is of Mr Choudary himself, the details given below including the year of manufacture must be correct:
http://www.kolkataonwheels.com/artic...3-stoewer.html
Some interesting things about the car.
Name: Stoewer
Date of Birth: February 1907
Country of Origin: Germany
Manufactured by: Emil & Burnherd Stoewer Co. Stettin,Germany
Brain Child of: Gebrüder Stoewer
Body work and Engine capacity: Custom built open Tourer. 15 H.P. 4 Cylinder
Specialty:
• The headlights glow with the aid of acetylene gas. There's a special chamber where calcium carbide and water is mixed to produce acetylene gas.
• The sidelights run on kerosene.
• Upholstery is made from cuff leather. (What is Cuff Leather?)
• The car does not have a temperature meter. A swan is attached on the radiator It is filled with wax. You can see the wax from the steering wheel. When the wax starts to melt, you know that the car is heating up.
• The throttle is on top of the steering. There's no battery — it has a magnetic starter.
But of course the possibility of the journalist making an error is very much there.
Anyone can throw some (acetylene gas) light on this?