Albatross Air Conditioned???

[doublet2a]

Got 2 Car items
I'm really not sure.........The word "Albatross" has some of the black enamaling left behind the letters
I was once told something about a rare proto type car
Appears to made of brass/bronze
The other one "McLean", I was told a tractor, and a car
The red and white enameling is still pterry good on this one
Thanks for looking
Thanks in advance for any help

HH TIM

 

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[dg39]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross_(automobile)

Thats all I could find. Rare if it is. A real keeper! Although could be off an airplane.
Nothing on McLean.
DG

 

[Gypsy Heart]

MCLEAN TRACTOR; UNIVERSAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY; INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA


Garden 2 wheel walk behind tractor

 

[doublet2a]

Thanks DG & Gypsy
Never thought of the airplane idea??


HH TIM

 

[mech]

Interesting about it possibly being a car badge from an albatross prototype..

as far as i can find.the albatross co. lived and died in 1939 with no info if they ever built a single car or a prototype. ??major lack of info??

on Nov 4, 1939. A Packard was introduced at the 40th annual auto show in chicago with the first
automobile air conditioning system. A very high end luxury costing 25% of the entire vehicle.
Cadillac in 1941 followed suit and built 300 air conditioned cars.

unfortunately it doesnt prove or disprove anything
but...interesting

 

[MarkDz]

I'd say no to the airplane idea. There were Albatros biplanes in W.W.I, but they didn't have air conditioning. There's also a Gossamer Albatross, but that's a 70s-80s experimental plane that wouldn't have been mass produced or commercially available.
Definitely car, IMO.

 

[mech]

http://encycl.opentopia.com/term/Albatross_(disambiguation)

There is the Grumman HU-16 Albatross aircraft :shrug:
found a navy button on ebay "Albatross 1954"
many Albatross hotel/motels <- hmmm
many Albatross car rental co.s
..and a few Albatross pubs/bars

 

[mech]

http://www.mcleanwheels.com/