We’re going to play a little game here on the blog on Sundays for the next few weeks.
On the cover of the August issue of The Carriage Journal, we’ll have a very colorful vehicle … which I will present to you here in four pieces, before doing the “reveal” of the actual cover in early August, while that issue is in the mail to CAA members.
Ready?
We’ll start with the lower left corner of the image, and then we’ll continue around, going clockwise. Here’s your first clue:
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July 11, 2011 at 11:58 am
Must be an Abbot and Downing Concord Coach..
July 13, 2011 at 2:05 am
It is a western thorobrace vehicle manufactured by Abbot Downing or, more likely by Henderson of Stockton, CA. Too fancy (curvilinear) to be a mud wagon so it must be a coach.
July 13, 2011 at 11:52 am
JeRita says It looks like a throughbrace vehicle possibly made by Abbot-Downing The wheels seem a bit light for a stage coach maybe a hotel or tourist wagon