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Franklin Sedan
The Franklin Sedan was manufactured by the Franklin (automobile), H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Company Company of Syracuse, New York. Franklin Sedan specifications (1926 data) * Color – Several * Seating Capacity – Five * Wheelbase – 119 inches * Wheels - Wood * Tires - 21” x 5.25” balloon * Service Brakes – transmission type * Emergency Brakes – contracting on rear wheels * Engine - Six cylinder, vertical, cast en block, 3-1/4 x 4 inches; head removable; valves in head; H.P. 25.3, S.A.E. formula * Lubrication – Separate force feed * Crankshaft - Seven bearing * Cooling – Air * Ignition –Storage battery * Starting System – Two Unit * Voltage – Six * Wiring System – Single * Gasoline System – Vacuum * Clutch – Dry plate * Transmission – Selective sliding * Gear Changes – 3 forward, 1 reverse * Drive – Spiral bevel * Rear Springs – Full elliptic * Rear Axle – Semi-floating * Steering Gear – Worm and gear Standard equipment New car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin (automobile)
The Franklin Automobile Company was a marketer of automobiles in the United States between 1902 and 1934 in Syracuse, New York. Herbert H. Franklin, the founder, began his career in the metal die casting business before establishing his automobile enterprise. Controlled by Herbert H. Franklin it had very few other significant shareholders. Franklin bought its vehicles from the H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Company which was only moderately profitable and frequently missed dividends on common stock.Sinclair Powell. ''The Franklin Automobile Company'', Society of Automotive Engineers Inc., Warrendale PA, 1999 The two major characteristics of their automobiles were their air-cooled engines and in the early years their lightness and responsiveness when compared with other luxury cars. The Franklin companies suffered financial collapse in April 1934. Aside from his consequent retirement CEO Herbert Franklin's lifestyle was unaffected. Franklin innovations All Franklin cars w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syracuse, New York
Syracuse ( ) is a City (New York), city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, Onondaga County, New York, United States. It is the fifth-most populous city in the state of New York following New York City, Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, Yonkers, New York, Yonkers, and Rochester, New York, Rochester. At the United States Census 2020, 2020 census, the city's population was 148,620 and its Syracuse metropolitan area, metropolitan area had a population of 662,057. It is the economic and educational hub of Central New York, a region with over one million inhabitants. Syracuse is also well-provided with convention sites, with a Oncenter, downtown convention complex. Syracuse was named after the classical Greek city Syracuse, Sicily, Syracuse (''Siracusa'' in Italian), a city on the eastern coast of the Italian island of Sicily. Historically, the city has functioned as a major Crossroads (culture), crossroads over the last two centuries, first between the Erie Canal and its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vintage Vehicles
Vintage, in winemaking, is the process of picking grapes and creating the finished product—wine (see Harvest (wine)). A vintage wine is one made from grapes that were all, or primarily, grown and harvested in a single specified year. In certain wines, it can denote quality, as in Port wine, where Port houses make and declare vintage Port in their best years. From this tradition, a common, though not strictly correct, usage applies the term to any wine that is perceived to be particularly old or of a particularly high quality. Most countries allow a vintage wine to include a portion of wine that is not from the year denoted on the label. In Chile and South Africa, the requirement is 75% same-year content for vintage-dated wine. In Australia, New Zealand, and the member states of the European Union, the requirement is 85%. In the United States, the requirement is 85%, unless the wine is designated with an AVA, (e.g., Napa Valley), in which case it is 95%. Technically, the 85% r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
