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Adler Type 10 2.5 Litre- 1938

Frankfurt-based, Adler started manufacturing bicycles in 1896. Later the company turned to produce motorcycles, typewriters—and moved on to cars. In early 1900, Adler was already manufacturing automobile components when its first car, a Renault-influenced, De Dion Bouton-powered, lightweight “voiturette” was introduced. But within only a few years, the company proceeded to its own single- and

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Futura/Waimea- 1961

In 1945, industrialist Henry J. Kaiser, along with veteran automobile executive Joseph Frazer, started the automobile company Kaiser-Frazer. A year later he also formed Kaiser Aluminum and commissioned Rhys Miller and Frank Hershey (designer of the original 1956 Ford Thunderbird two-seater) to produce a portfolio of all-aluminum car designs to feature in promotional literature. Their

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Inter 175A Berline- 1956

Introduced as the Inter at the 1953 Paris Show by the distributors A. E. M. W. (Ateliers Electro-Mechaniques de la Seine of Saint-Ouen), this non-traditional auto-scooter was designed and constructed by French aircraft builders S.N.C.A.N. (Societe Nationale de Construction AeroNautique). Although three styles of the Inter were displayed at the 1953 show, only the Berline

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