He
contacted Carl Doman and Edward Marks, who had following the closure of the Franklin
Automobile Company had set up building freelance engineering and prototypes. This
prototype would be based on an aerodynamically styled model by Lincoln Zephyr
stylist John Tijaarda and would utilise a newly developed 4 cylinder flat
air-cooled engine built by Skinner Motor Corporation, whose owner Ralf Skinner
was good friends Carl and Edward.
Following
debuting, it racked up over 45,000 miles on a tour of the states trying to gain
financing for production. Despite good feedback from the general public it
failed to gain a backer and this remains the only one ever built. Personally I’m
not quite sure about that dolphin tail out the back.
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