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| image = Oldsmobile Curved Dash Runabout 1904 2.jpg
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==Models==
In 1904, the Model R was replaced by the Model 6C, which had a larger 1,931 cc engine; in addition, drum brakes replaced the band brake. After 2,234 copies, the 6C model was discontinued in December 1904.
In 1905, the Model B was introduced with more improvements. The engine received improved cooling and a new flywheel, and the handbrake now worked on the differential instead of the gearbox. The leaf spring suspension was modified so that the reinforced axles were connected to all spring elements. In 1906, the car received celluloid side window curtains. The [[dashboard]] was also offered with an upright position, called the Straight Dash, and approximately 6,500 Model B were manufactured, and the Model F was introduced in 1907, again with mechanical improvements.
The Model B also saw a limited production Touring Sedan with a novel entry approach called the Side Entrance Touring Sedan where passengers would enter from the middle of the car. The engine was a {{convert|4257|cc|cuin|abbr=on|disp=flip}} two cylinder horizontally opposed engine installed underneath the passenger compartment that powered the rear wheels, and the transmission was a two-speed planetary gearbox. Sales
===Oldsmobile Pirate Beach Racer===
[[File:RansomEliOldsOldsPirate.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Olds driving the Pirate Racer on a beach |Olds in the Pirate Racer at Ormond Beach, Florida.]]
In 1902, Mr. Olds modified a Model R and essentially stripped it down to an engine, a single seat, and a radiator, and connected the solid front and rear axles on semi-elliptic leaf springs, which then supported the engine, transmission and passenger. He raced it at Florida's [[Ormond Beach]] in 1902 and 1903, where his driver Horace Thomas drove the Pirate to a record speed of 54.38 mph.
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==References==
* {{cite book|last=Clymer|first=Floyd|author-link=Floyd Clymer|title=Treasury of Early American Automobiles,
* ''[[Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly]]'' (January, 1904)
* {{cite book|last=Georgano|first=G. N.|author-link=G.N. Georgano|title=Cars: Early and Vintage,
* {{cite book |last=Posthumus |first=Cyril |author-link=Cyril Posthumus |others=John Wood, illustrator |title=The story of Veteran & Vintage Cars |url=https://archive.org/details/storyofveteranvi0000unse |url-access=registration |chapter=The Motoring Boom |edition=Phoebus 1977 |orig-year=1977 |year=1977 |publisher=Hamlyn / Phoebus |location=London |isbn=0-600-39155-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/storyofveteranvi0000unse/page/36 36]–49 |quote=The 1901 output was 425 cars, and this figure rose to 2100 in 1902, 3750 in 1903, and 5000 in 1904. }}
* {{cite book |last=Rogliatti |first=Gianni |editor-last=Posthumus |editor-first=Cyril |editor-link=Cyril Posthumus |title=Period Cars |year=1973 |publisher=Hamlyn |location=Feltham, Middlesex, UK |isbn=0-600-33401-5 }}
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