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This Elcar Model E Cloverleaf Roadster is powered by a 35-horsepower Lycoming DXU L-head four-cylinder engine driving through a dry-plate clutch to a three-speed sliding-gear transmission. There is a Dyneto two-unit system used for starting and lighting. The engine has Delco automatic spark advance and the car rides on cream wood artillery wheels mounted with Delco automatic spark advance.
This Model E was acquired by the Merrick Auto museum from Terry Trudell of Ortonville, Michigan, in 2006. It is finished in red with black fenders and has brown buttoned-leather seats. Front passengers have individual semi-bucket seating, with a narrow pass-through to the wide rear seat. There is a full black canvas touring top.By Daniel Vaughan | Jan 2020
This Model E was acquired by the Merrick Auto museum from Terry Trudell of Ortonville, Michigan, in 2006. It is finished in red with black fenders and has brown buttoned-leather seats. Front passengers have individual semi-bucket seating, with a narrow pass-through to the wide rear seat. There is a full black canvas touring top.By Daniel Vaughan | Jan 2020
2019 RM Sothebys : Hershey
Pre-Auction Estimates :
USD $25,000-USD $35,000
Sale Price :
USD $37,400
Recent Sales of the Elcar Model E
(Data based on Model Year 1917 sales)
1917 Elcar Model E Cloverleaf Roadster Chassis#: 3627 Sold for USD$37,400 2019 RM Sothebys : Hershey | ![]() ![]() |
Elcar Model Es That Failed To Sell At Auction
1917 Elcar Model E's that have appeared at auction but did not sell.
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