Winner of 1908 New York to Paris race honored by Historic Vehicle Association

Today, a flight from New York to Paris is a mere seven-hour journey, but when this 1907 Thomas Flyer Model 35 set out from the Big Apple, the journey was far more challenging. Plucked from Thomas' showroom in Manhattan a mere three days before the race, the 60-horsepower, $4,500 car stood for years as a testament to the Buffalo, New York...

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