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Rumrunners Roadster

“The smoke would billow out this narrow slit, causing a very effective 4-foot-wide smoke screen behind the Franklin.”

When I view a collectible car, I often try to think of what was going on economically when it was built. What was popular in the sense of design, clothes, everyday objects, architecture, and sometimes politics? All could possibly influence what a car looked like, or would be used for.

With the ratification of the

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