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The Franklin Automobile Company produced vehicles from 1902 through 1934 in Syracuse, New York. A total of 154,000 cars were built, with the Model 9,177 Series 9 cars produced from 1916 through 1922.
The original price for this car exceeded $3,000, a lofty amount at a time when competitors offered cars for considerably less.
This unrestored Series 9B Touring was purchased new in Indiana by Irvin Eby, the current owners' grandfather. A dairy farmer, he and his wife Maude ran an 80-acre dairy farm near Wakarusa, Indiana. It was the first car he owned and it was used as the family's primary transportation until 1929. They continued to use the car on the farm for various uses, including carrying seed and occasionally milk in 10-gallon cans.
At age six, the owner's son Wendell learned to drive in this car. When he turned nine his father was negotiating a deal with a scrap metal dealer. Young Wendell 'raised a fuss' and was able to convince his father to gift it to him.
The car would then go up on blocks in the garage until 1942. At 15, Wendell began driving the car to high school and later, to college. After years of use, he would replace it in 1948, but continued to hold on to it as a second car. In 2016, he gifted it to his son, who is the current owner. It has been driven from Indiana to Florida, New Orleans, and Atlanta within the past several years.
The original price for this car exceeded $3,000, a lofty amount at a time when competitors offered cars for considerably less.
This unrestored Series 9B Touring was purchased new in Indiana by Irvin Eby, the current owners' grandfather. A dairy farmer, he and his wife Maude ran an 80-acre dairy farm near Wakarusa, Indiana. It was the first car he owned and it was used as the family's primary transportation until 1929. They continued to use the car on the farm for various uses, including carrying seed and occasionally milk in 10-gallon cans.
At age six, the owner's son Wendell learned to drive in this car. When he turned nine his father was negotiating a deal with a scrap metal dealer. Young Wendell 'raised a fuss' and was able to convince his father to gift it to him.
The car would then go up on blocks in the garage until 1942. At 15, Wendell began driving the car to high school and later, to college. After years of use, he would replace it in 1948, but continued to hold on to it as a second car. In 2016, he gifted it to his son, who is the current owner. It has been driven from Indiana to Florida, New Orleans, and Atlanta within the past several years.
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