Seal Cove Auto Museum I drove up to Bar Harbor, Me. to visit a dear old friend and one of the things we did over the long weekend was go to the Seal Cove Auto Museum. In addition to having many fine brass era car, it has a reasonable collection of early motorcycles and bicycles. There were at least four Indians including a 1903 Camelback. There were two Pierces, a four and a single, from 1911 & '12.
They also had an FN four, always an interesting comparison to the Pierce. One I had never heard of was a Thomas, built in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1901.
There was a very interesting 1913 Thor, that has a rotary intake valve, something I hadn't realized engineers had played with until much later.
The 1911 Flying Merkel V-twin had a very impressive brass fuel tank.
There was also a 1911 Pope, built in Hartford, Ct.
Probably the most impressive car was the 1913 Peugeot which had been restored in the early '60s.
Check out the many trumpeted bulb horn.
All photos by Phyllis Aschenbrenner.
Dave Roper, the first American ever to win an Isle of Man TT, will be riding a restored 580cc Indian TT model v-twin in the 2011 TT. Roper has a lifetime of achievement in vintage racing, including more than 20 AHRMA national championships as well as his win of the 1984 Senior Historic TT on a G50 Matchless. Support the first motorcycle to ever win the Senior TT on the Mountain Course, the only American marque to win at the event and the only American racer to ever win the Senior Historic TT!
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