I seem to remember that my parents bought the Fury in about 1962-63 & it had, I think, a 25-30 gallon tank & probably burned leaded gasoline at a rate to qualify it as requiring a Hazmat suit for safe driving.
I was at the Larz Andersen car museum about a month ago, which was a phenomenal experience. They had a current exhibition of British cars from the late 40's-60's - those were the newest cars in the collection. The cars that I am interested in are pre turn of the century (1898) up to about 1920. Larz & his wife were billionaires in today's dollars & they spent a significant amount of time in Europe in the 1890's. Instead of (or possibly in addition to) fine art, they bought motor cars. & they bought the crème-de-la-crème. No Model Ts for them. Incredible to see - there was one that was literally a square carriage body with an engine up front instead of horses. & even more incredibly, they had a car which had been manufactured in Amesbury, which is a little teensy town about 30 miles north of where I live. Some of the cars had tiller type steering & a couple had a wheel that was mounted flat on top of the tiller. I can't even imagine the gearing. But, these were hot cars for the time. One of them won a prize for the fastest time from Boston to NYC, to Chicago at a top rated speed of 21 1/2 mph. Awesome! Unfortunately, the Steamer car was pushed to the back of the exhibit, so I couldn't get a close up look at it. They also had a bicycle exhibit, including a "boneshaker" from about the 1860's. I'd read about them & had seen pics, but never a real one. I can't wait to go back for another look.
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