Dave Foster from Laoag City (Philippines) sends this friendly letter and intriguing issue regarding a seemingly not identified make of car:
"These advertisements cropped up on a Stationary Engine forum I belong to as the Page Gas Engine Co obviously specialised in stationary engines. It is believed that the car only progressed to prototype stage but this is not confirmed. It does seem suprising that they would advertise prior to manufacture yet the small advertisement does tell the reader to "wait". I have checked my copy of The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile and can not find a reference to Page-Adrian cars. I thought this information maybe possibly be useful to you as a subject for the daily editorial feature. Keep up the good work."
Editor: when researching rare cars you need more reference than one book, no matter the authority the book has. For rare American cars the ultimate reference is the Standard Catalogue of American Cars 1805(!)-1942 by Beverley Rae Kimes & Henry Austin Clark. Only a few years ago a reprint came out. In our 1988 second edition you will find at the bottom of page 1101 (only a bit over halfway the fat very well researched piece of literature) 'Page-Adrian, Michigan (1907-1909) "... the vehicles produced were only prototypes..." and just a little bit more. A picture of the 'prototypes' is not available. Anybody who can jump in here? We would love to see the 'Racy Looking Car' mentioned in the advert above.