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Old July 27th 20, 11:27 PM posted to rec.autos.tech
Scott Dorsey
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Default how common were automobiles in 1890?

> wrote:
>The 1889-90 flu pandemic was the first pandemic to spread around the world, thanks to railway and steamships. Were automobiles just for the rich elite way
>back then?


Most cars were built as one-offs either by hobbyists or by companies that
specialized in making custom vehicles for the rich elite.

There are some videos on Youtube of the Morgan automobile plant today. Morgan
is pretty much the only company making cars the way they were made before the
Model T, and they aren't making the drive train themselves so the most
expensive and problematic part is not their problem.

It's kind of like owning a computer in 1975, but even more expensive.
--scott
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