Yellow Roadster

by Venetia Featherstone-Witty

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Yellow Roadster

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Venetia Featherstone-Witty

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Photograph - Photographs

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A roadster is an open two-seat car with emphasis on sporting appearance or character. Initially an American term for a two-seat car with no weather protection, usage has spread internationally and has evolved to include two-seat convertibles.The roadster is also a style of racing car driven in United States Auto Club (USAC) Championship Racing, including the Indianapolis 500, in the 1950s and 1960s. This type of racing car was superseded by mid-engined cars.n the nineteenth century, the word "roadster" denoted a horse suitable for traveling.By the end of the century the definition had expanded to include roadworthy bicycles and tricycles.
In 1916, the Society of Automobile Engineers defined a roadster as: "an open car seating two or three. It may have additional seats on running boards or in rear deck." Additional seating in the rear deck was known as a rumble seat or a dickey seat.The main seat for the driver and passenger was usually further back in the chassis that it would be in a touring car.A roadster would usually have a hooded dashboard.The earliest roadster automobiles had only basic bodies without doors, a windshield, or other weather protection. By the 1920s they were appointed similarly to touring cars, with doors, a windshield, a simple folding top, and side curtains. When roadsters of this era were equipped with rumble seats, the seats would fold into the body when not in use.

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November 14th, 2014

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