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Saturday, December 15, 2018

Made in Butler ~

American Austin
Photo: Bantam Club

The perfect  Christmas present.

3 comments:

Art said...

Cute.I would like to drive around town in one of them and see what the people would do. I bet many would want to know where to buy one.

jschalles said...

Wow, I never realized just how small these cars were! Among my grandfather's collection of defunct Depression era stock certificates, I have one for 5 shares in the American Austin Car Company. He and a business partner bought up a lot of foreclosed assets in Butler during the Depression. American Austin liquidated in 1935, and the surviving American Bantam Co. merged with Arlen Realty & Development, in Pittsburgh, on February 26, 1971. This is as far as the trail led when I researched the entire collection of fascinating stock and bond certificates my grandfather, Gardner Lowry, left in an old tin box.

Anonymous said...

Would save on gas!!