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This 1911 Alpena came to us from Ron Winter in Alpena, Michigan. It is the only Alpena in existence. It is a gas powered, 34 horsepowered 3 speed brass era car. The two photos left and right show the car in its original condition. The car was disassembled and the body was mocked up on the chassis to see what is missing or needs fixing. The 4 photos below show this process. |  |
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The photo on the left shows the condition of the fenders. The photo on the right is the new differential, ring and pinion gears. The photo bottom left iis the differential axles and the last three show the finished headlight reflector. |  |
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The photo on the left shows the finished magneto mounting bracket. The photo on the right shows the new tires. Below left Ray is checking the proper angle of the new firewall. The next three below show the mocking up of the cowl and floorboards. |  |
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The photos on the left and right also show the mocking up of the cowl and floorboards.The bottom four photos show the cowl and firewall floorboards, the woodwork is done. The cardboard pattern is made for the sheet metal body panel. |  |
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The photo on the left shows the cardboard template transferred to the sheet metal and the photo on the right shows the sheet metal cut out and the edge rolled. The bottom left photo shows the sheet metal fitted to the cowl. The next three photos show the gas petal fabricated, the brass flanges formed to finish the brake and clutch petal, and the machined steel brake and clutch petal. |  |
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The photo on the left shows new bushings installed in the spring eyes. The photo on the right shows the original spring shackle pin badly worn. The bottom left are the new shackle pins machined. The next photo bottom left is the restoration of the door handles and the restored door handle. The last photo of the group on the bottom right shows the engine control patterns. |
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The photo on the top left of this group shows the new cowl. The photo top right and bottom left show the new wooden coach from the front and back. The next photo from the bottom left shows the shift lever springs and the last two photos in the group show a new muffler being built and its completion. |  |
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In this group of photos the top left shows the new transmission. and the top right and the bottom four photos show the fabrication of the fenders from the wood buck to forming the metal to fit the wood buck and mounting the fenders on the rolling chassis. |  |
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In this group, the photo top left and top right shows the beautifully restored tail light and cowl light. |  |
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