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Uploaded by on Jun 27, 2008

old franklin cars at the nampa holiday inn

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  • I saw a Franklin advertisement in a 1930's magazine. A guy (Barney Oldfield?) was testing them in the desert to prove that the air-cooled Franklins didn't overheat. They were expensive. Their clientele were people who could afford Cords, Packards and the like. They were soundly engineered but never caught on in the popular marketplace.

  • thanks for the info

  • I never knew Franklins were air cooled

  • ya that's what he showed me. an air cooled thing.

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  • as an apprentice coach builder in the mid 60,s i with my employer rebuilt a complete body for a mid 20.s franklin, first air cooled engine i had ever seen in a car, had some innovative ideas ,they were pretty neat even than

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