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Breakdown Near Sarnia, circa 1908

SCENES LIKE THIS INSPIRED THE lyrics of a song: “Get Out and Get Under.” The car is a Rambler Type One Surrey with a two-cylinder, eighteen-horsepower engine, a model in production from 1904 to 1908. The secondary “steering wheel” operated the throttle. Note the absence of a top or a windshield (usually available at extra cost).

The license number (2994) is clearly visible but with no year of issue. Ontario introduced license plates in 1903 as a convenient new source of revenue, but did not issue annual plates with the year displayed until 1911.

The Rambler was renamed the Jeffery in 1914, after the founder of the company, Thomas B. Jeffery. The Jeffery was renamed the Nash in 1917 when Charlie Nash took over. The Rambler name was revived in 1950 with the introduction of America’s first commercially successful post-war compact car, the Nash Rambler.