This Quiz 373 was a jury-members quiz. Four of them - Roger Fields, Chris Paulsen, Ariejan Bos and Fritz Hegeman - all came up with the right answer. Plus two competitors. They all told us this is a 1902/1905 Yale Touring with two cylinders. Ariejan Bos came up with "Beverly Rae Kimes' standard catalog only mentions 2 cylinder engines for all Yale models except for their model F in 1905, which had a 4 cylinder engine. Also the Cycle and Automobile Trade Journal of April 1903 describes the Yale as having a 2 cylinder engine." The two remaining competitors are Korneel Vanremoortel and a sender who said to be one of the winners of Quiz #300. Korneel points us to the amazing history connected with this specific car, that was bought after April 1902 and sold in August 1904. Reason to buy the car was to train the horses for the noises and smells of motorcars. When reading the story you'll that find the program didn't really work...
We also mentioned the slogan that was used by Yale. Well that was inspiring! This is what came in:
- "The car with the jar and the doubt left out".
- "The prettiest tourer that ever dashed down a country road –a flash of gold and blue, whizzing by with no more noise than a mere musical whirring of the wheels”
- "The simplest, safest and most economical touring car made in America.", „in outline, style and appearance, no other car, at anything like the price, can approach it“
- “Beau Brummel of the road” (this is the line we referred to in the quiz text."
We decided that Korneel Vanremoortel came up with the best answer due to the fact he found the connected history of this specific car. Congrats Korneel! Please send us your T-shirt size and your mail address.
The photo was provided by Rick Nicolaas: "A friend gave me a copy of this photo which I like to share. This photo was taken of John Salchow and Joseph Mann with their Yale car in 1903, Concord, Massachusetts, USA."