Oldsmobile: Curved Dash

1901. Curved-dash runabout, Single-cylinder, 5 h.p Photo at the 2011 LBVCR.

1901. Curved-dash runabout, Single-cylinder, 5 h.p Photo at the 2011 LBVCR.

1903. Curved-dash runabout, Single-cylinder, 5 h.p Photo at the 2009 LBVCR.

1903. Curved-dash runabout, Single-cylinder, 5 h.p Photo at the 2009 LBVCR.

c1903. Curved-dash runabout, Single-cylinder, 5 h.p Photo at the 2009 LBVCR.

c1903. Curved-dash runabout, Single-cylinder, 5 h.p Photo at the 2009 LBVCR.

c1903. Oldsmobile. Curved-dash runabout, Single-cylinder, 5 h.p. Photo at the 2011 LBVCR. Reg No: Unknown.

c1903. Oldsmobile. Curved-dash runabout, Single-cylinder, 5 h.p. Photo at the 2011 LBVCR. Reg No: Unknown.

Exhibit at the Franschhoek Motor Museum.

1904. Curved-dash runabout, Single-cylinder, 7 h.p. Photo at the 2009 LBVCR.

Curved-dash runabout, Single-cylinder, 5 h.p. Photo at the 2009 LBVCR.

Curved-dash runabout, Single-cylinder, 5 h.p. Photo at the 2009 LBVCR.

1904/ 2004. Les Mobile Curved Dash Replica. Reg No. Q525GPR. Exhibit seen at Boconnoc Steam Fair July 2011.

Exhibit seen at Boconnoc Steam Fair July 2011.

c1904. Single-cylinder. 7 hp. Reg No: CDO. Photo at the 2010 LBVCR.

c1904. Single-cylinder. 7 hp. Reg No: CDO. Photo at the 2010 LBVCR.

1904 replica, steam powered (170lb) 2.5 hp chain driven 4 speed. Reg No. Q525GPR.

Note: This is a sub-section of Oldsmobile

General

The Curved Dash Oldsmobile is credited as the first high-volume gasoline automobile. It was introduced by the Oldsmobile company in 1901 and produced through 1907. 425 examples were produced the first year, 2500 in 1902, with over 19,000 built in all.

It was a runabout model, could seat two passengers, and sold for US$650.

The flat-mounted water-cooled single-cylinder engine, situated at the center of the car, produced 4 hp, 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 and used Concord springs.

The last Curved Dash Oldsmobile was made in 1907.

Early Registrations

• 1901 T 10 5 hp

• 1902 AR 244 5 hp.
• 1902 BS 8067 5 hp.
• 1902 BS 8076 5 hp.
• 1902 BS 8397 5 hp.
• 1902 BS 8418 5 hp.
• 1902 BS 8460 5 hp.
• 1902 CSK 409 5 hp.
• 1902 FK 495 5 hp.
• 1902 HA2 RSJ 5 hp.
• 1902 M1 111 5 hp.
• 1902 SL 227 KL 4.5 hp

• 1903 1 OAA 610 5 hp.
• 1903 219097 5 hp
• 1903 118050 5 hp.
• 1903 AB 28
• 1903 AM 256 5 hp.
• 1903 AR 245 5 hp.
• 1903 BS 8069 5 hp.
• 1903 BS 8120 5 hp.
• 1903 BS 8268 5 hp.
• 1903 BS 8290 5 hp.
• 1903 BS 8315 5 hp.
• 1903 BS 8374 5 hp.
• 1903 BS 8389 5 hp.
• 1903 BS 8396 5 hp.
• 1903 BS 8410 5 hp.
• 1903 BS 8489 7 hp.
• 1903 DS 6549 5 hp.
• c1903 JAZ 1903 5 hp.
• 1903 OBI 582 5 hp.
• 1903 MC 4849 5 hp.
• 1903 VC 888 5 hp.

• 1904 A 8829 7 hp
• 1904 AF 155 7 hp.
• 1904 BF 4661 7 hp.
• 1904 BS 8457 7 hp.
• 1904 BS 8403 5 hp.
• 1904 BS 8045 7 hp.
• 1904 BS 8156 7 hp.
• 1904 BS 8187 7 hp.
• 1904 BS 8468 7 hp.
• 1904 BS 8474 7 hp.
• 1904 EJ 136 7 hp.
• 1904 CDO 7 hp.
• 1904 KJ 8322 7 hp.
• 1904 MS 120 5 hp.
• 1904 S 88 C 7 hp.

1904. Tonneau, Single-cylinder, 10 h.p. Reg No: Curved-dash runabout, Single-cylinder, 5 h.p. Reg No:

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