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1914 Type 644 Touring ex Bob Ring

Oct. 1966 Car Life article
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This picture appeared in a magazine, probably True for July 1953, when the car wa owned by Dr. George E Shafer.
There are indications that Shafer was the original owner.


By 1956 it was owned by Bob Ring, a close friend of Bill Harrah. 
Image source Horseless Carriage Gazette, 1956 Vol 18 No 5
It had more likely-looking wheels, and now even the windshield frame was white.
It is difficult to tell when ownership transferred to Harrah, or if there was a peiod of joint ownership.


Between 1965 and 1966 Harrah performed a Gold Star restoration on the car, here pictured in a Life magazine of October 1966.
Now the wheels were right.


This magnificent automobile has left the country.  It now resides in the Louwman Museum.  Image source - Michel Curi on Flickr