I'm sure some of you guys have read about the company making a comeback into the 21st century... Hope it works out for them!!!... But back in the day, in 1904 they were building what looked like battery powered t-buckets... Anyone have pictures of those old relics???... Post away!!... And any info would be cool to.. Thanks in advance...
Go to their website and see how they have glommed onto the history of Detroit Electric. Making comments like, "our founder", "us" and "we" as if they are the original company. They are just a bunch of guys who bought the name, much like Stutz, Duesenberg, Indian, Studebaker and others. It's a nice looking product, but it has no history, as they imply.
When asked to describe the feeling of traveling faster than was commonly believed the human body could endure, Jenatzy later revealed: "The car in which you travel seems to leave the ground and hurl itself forward like a projectile ricocheting along the ground. As for the driver, the muscles of his body and neck become rigid in resisting the pressure of the air; his gaze is steadfastly fixed about two hundred yards ahead; his senses are on the alert." From an interview with The Red Devil, Camille Jenatzy, after he set a new world speed record in his electric torpedo: 65 MPH in 1899.
In 1979 I was working at an estate on the north shore of Oahu. The owner was building 14 garages for about 30 classic cars mostly pre 1930's They wanted to say each car was driven into the garage.I got to drive almost all of them .One was a detroit elec. runabout .It had a seat like a couch the driver sat in the midddle, it had a tiller,no steering wheel and only one pedal.It was a blast to drive but kind of hard to get it in its space in the garage.I also got to drive a 1903 sunbeam oldest car I ever drove
The Jalopy Journal
