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Twentieth Century Motor Car Corp.: The Revelle Promotional Artist's Rendering
1975Best.-Nr. 20260602019Encino California: Twentieth Century Motor Car Corp 1975. Broadside. Good. 28 cm. Twentieth Century Motor Car Corp. Encino California. No date: circa 1975. Single sheet broadside 8.5 x 11 inches 28 cm; two-color promotional artist's rendering printed on the recto verso blank. In Good condition. A few tiny edge nicks and some edge creasing; light spotting soiling and toning along the edges with light toning to the blank verso.A two-color artist's rendering of "The Revelle" one of three proposed vehicles with the Dale and the Vanagen from the Twentieth Century Motor Car Corp. of Encino California. Founded in 1974 during the energy crisis by Elizabeth "Liz" Carmichael the company promoted the Dale a fuel-efficient three-wheeled two-seater designed by Dale Clifft taking deposits and investment for cars that were never produced. The Revelle and the Vanagen advertised at $2500 and $2850 never advanced beyond renderings like this one. The company collapsed amid fraud charges and Carmichael a transgender woman with a prior criminal history fled with investor funds. The story was the subject of the 2021 HBO docuseries "The Lady and the Dale." Scarce original sales literature for a car that was never built. Twentieth Century Motor Car Corp unknown
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