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{{Infobox automobile
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| caption = Oldsmobile Model 6C Curved Dash Runabout 1904
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| manufacturer = [[Oldsmobile]]
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| assembly = [[Lansing Car
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| transmission = [[Planetary gear|Planetary]] 2-speed
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| aka = Model 6C<br>Model B<br>Model
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[[File:In My Merry Oldsmobile a2701-1-72dpi.jpeg|right|thumb|upright=1.09|"[[In My Merry Oldsmobile]]" sheet music featuring an Oldsmobile Curved Dash automobile]]
The gasoline-powered Oldsmobile '''Model R''', also known as the '''Curved Dash Oldsmobile''',<ref>The name comes from its curved dash or [[dashboard]], like that of a sleigh. See the photo and caption on page 130 of the ''[[Popular Science]]'' article listed under External Links below.</ref> is credited as being the first [[mass-produced]] [[automobile]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=1986-01-26 |title=SOME MILESTONES OF THE AUTO AGE |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/26/automobiles/some-milestones-of-the-auto-age.html |access-date=2023-06-02 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> meaning that it was built on an [[assembly line]] using [[interchangeable parts]]. It was introduced by the [[Oldsmobile]] company in 1901 and produced through
==Features and price==
It was a [[runabout (car)|runabout]] model, could seat two passengers, and sold for [[USD|US$]]650. While competitive, due to high volume, and priced below the US$850 two-seat [[Ford Model C]] "Doctor's Car",{{Sfn|Clymer|1950|p=37}} it was more expensive than the [[Western Tool Works (automobile company)|Western]] 1905 Gale Model A roadster at US$500. The [[Black Motor Company|Black]] sold for $375,{{Sfn|Clymer|1950|p=61}} and the [[Success Automobile Manufacturing Company|Success]] for US$250.{{Sfn|Clymer|1950|p=32}} It was built as a city car for short distance driving, while the larger [[Oldsmobile Model S|Model S]] could carry four passengers and could travel longer distances.
The flat-mounted, [[water-cooled]], single-cylinder engine, situated at the center of the car, produced {{convert|5|hp|kW|abbr=on}},{{Sfn|Rogliatti|1973|pp=270–271}} relying on a brass [[gravity feed]] [[carburetor]]. The transmission was a semiautomatic design with two forward speeds and one reverse. The low-speed forward and reverse gear system is a [[planetary gear|planetary]] type (epicyclic). The car weighed {{Convert|850|lb|kg|abbr=on}} and used Concord springs.<ref name="kimes1996">{{
The car's success was partially by accident; in 1901, a fire destroyed a number of other
==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 were not successful and it was cancelled by 1906.
===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.
==Gallery==
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File:Oldsmobile Curved Dash Runabout 1905.jpg|1905 Model B Runabout
File:Oldsmobile1903.jpg|1903 advertisement
File:Oldsmobile Curved Dash Runabout 1903.jpg|1903 Model R Runabout
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==References==
* {{cite book|last=Clymer|first=Floyd|
* ''[[Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly]]'' (January, 1904)
* {{cite book|last=Georgano|first=G. N.|
* {{cite book |last=Posthumus |first=Cyril |
* {{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
* {{cite book |last=Sedgwick |first=Michael |
* {{cite web|url=http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=28 |last=Wright|first=Richard A.|title=detnews.com | Michigan History |publisher=Apps.detnews.com |date=2000-03-08 |
==External links==
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* [https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/expert-sets/11019/ The Curved Dash Oldsmobile] at The Henry Ford Museum
* [http://www.schs-museum.org/pictures/museum/earlytr.jpg 1905 Oldsmobile Image (Suffolk County(NY) Historical Society Museum)]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* {{cite journal|url={{Google books|nCEDAAAAMBAJ|''Popular Science'' December 1951|page=RA1-PA29|plainurl=yes}}|last=Soule|first=Gardner|title=From Coast To Coast In An Old Old Olds|pages=129–132, 258|journal=[[Popular Science]]|date=December 1951|volume=159|issue=6|editor-last=Torrey|editor-first=Volta|publisher=
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