Oldsmobile Curved Dash

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Oldsmobile Runabout
1902 Oldsmobile Curved Dash runabout
Manufacturer	Oldsmobile
Production	1901-1907 about 19000 built
Class	Entry-level car
Body style(s)	runabout
Engine(s)	horizontal one-cylinder
Transmission(s)	planetary

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The Curved Dash Oldsmobile is credited as the first high-volume mass-produced automobile. It was introduced by the Oldsmobile company in 1901 and produced through 1907. 425^{[citation needed]} examples were produced the first year, 2500 in 1902, with over 19000 built in all.^[1]

It was a runabout model, could seat two passengers, and sold for US$650. While competitive, due to high volume, and below the Ford US$850 "Doctor's Car",^[2] Western in 1905 produced the Gale Model A, an open roadster, for sale at US$500, the Black went as low as $375,^[3] and the Success hit the amazingly low US$250.^[4]

The flat-mounted water-cooled single-cylinder engine, situated at the center of the car, produced 4 hp (3 kW), relying on a brass gravity-feed carburetor. The transmission was a semi-automatic design with two forward speeds and one reverse. The low speed forward and reverse gear system are a planetary type (epicyclic). The car weighed 850 lb (386 kg) and used Concord springs.

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^ Georgano, G. N. Cars: Early and Vintage, 1886-1930. (London: Grange-Universal, 1985)
^ Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.37.
^ Clymer, p.61.
^ Clymer, p.32.

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Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950).
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly (January, 1904)

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