FRANKLIN GASOLINE AUTOMOBILE, 1902 



Bought from the H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Co. in 1937 



(USNM 311195) 



According to a statement by the late H. H. Franklin, 

 this is the third Franklin automobile built and the first one 

 sold, two earlier cars having been retained by the factory 

 for experimental purposes. Several years ago Mr. Frank- 

 lin stated that it was sold originally for $1,250 to S. G. 

 Averell, of Ogdensburg, N. Y. (fig. 58), and was bought 

 back by Franklin in June 1916. 



The angle-iron frame of the car has a 71 -inch wheelbase 

 and carries a 2-seated body of wood with leather uphol- 

 stery. The air-cooled engine is mounted transversely at 



Figure 58. — S. G. Averell in his 1902 Franklin automobile, the first Franklin 

 sold, now in National Museum. 



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