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THIS 1932 FRANKLIN with an sir cooled engine was one of great popularity with
owners. It was also the most successful alr cooled engine until the VW came into
existence. (Courtesy of The Craven Foundation)

Intense loyalty for

air cooled Franklin —

The Franklin was the
world’s most successful air-
cooled car until the advent

of the Volkswagen, and
inspired intense owner
loyalty.

H.H. Franklin had

founded a die casting factory
in 1895, and in 1901, he was’
introduced to John
Wilkinson's air-cooled
designs by Messrs. Brown
and Lipe, who later became
well known as manufac-

ofk-Motor Company made
three prototypes before the

first Franklin went on salefin
1902.

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Franklin featured ex-
cellent custom bodywork
designed by such firms as
Derham, Willoughby,
Holbrook and Dietrich.
They employed wooden
frames, full elliptic
suspension, and a_ foot
transmission brake until

1927, when their long chassis

models were given stecl
frames, and four wheel
brakes were introduced in
1928. | ,

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and
cooling. The Pirate models
of that year featured con-
cealed running boards.

helicopter eng

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troduced -in-4980, witha new —=~btt947, ‘a six cylind
side-blast Franklin helicopter engine,

This was the depths of the
Depressions, and sales of
Franklins’ unconventional
models declined steadily
until 1933, when the last
model, the Olympic, was
produced. The plant closed
the following year and all
patents were taken over by
the Air Cooled Motors
Corporation (now the
Franklin Engine Co.), whose
Syracuse facotyr continued
to produce light aircraft and

manent

ear

converted to water cooling
was used to power the
Tucker.

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