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EDIT: I added the car model/year at the end of the post.
Hi, guys. I wanted to recount a recent experience I had with what is one of the rarest and most obscure car brands to exist: Morse by Easton Machine Company (1901-1916).
So, a few days ago my mother came up to me and told me about a car being displayed in town, and I asked her what it was.
"It's an old Morse. They used to make them in town." In town, huh? Note: I live in Easton, Massachusetts. Just so you guys know where EMC was based.
This previous Saturday, June 18, I had the day off from work so I just went about my business. Visited the library, tended to my dogs, etc. And when I was winding down from my errands, my mom came up to me and told me there was an old car up by the train station. I just decided to go check it out. When I got there, it turned out to be the Morse!
And they started it up for us! I was told at the time that it was built in 1910.
I went home feeling impressed, and then yesterday I found out it's the only known Morse that still runs. There are two total in existence, and the other of the two is still in town. According to what I have found, the Morse in the pictures and video is a Morse Runabout Model B, circa 1907. The other Morse is a rear-engined Runabout Model A built circa 1902.
What do you guys think of the Morse?
Hi, guys. I wanted to recount a recent experience I had with what is one of the rarest and most obscure car brands to exist: Morse by Easton Machine Company (1901-1916).
So, a few days ago my mother came up to me and told me about a car being displayed in town, and I asked her what it was.
"It's an old Morse. They used to make them in town." In town, huh? Note: I live in Easton, Massachusetts. Just so you guys know where EMC was based.
This previous Saturday, June 18, I had the day off from work so I just went about my business. Visited the library, tended to my dogs, etc. And when I was winding down from my errands, my mom came up to me and told me there was an old car up by the train station. I just decided to go check it out. When I got there, it turned out to be the Morse!
And they started it up for us! I was told at the time that it was built in 1910.
I went home feeling impressed, and then yesterday I found out it's the only known Morse that still runs. There are two total in existence, and the other of the two is still in town. According to what I have found, the Morse in the pictures and video is a Morse Runabout Model B, circa 1907. The other Morse is a rear-engined Runabout Model A built circa 1902.
What do you guys think of the Morse?
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