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CoSC left me this terrific trivia info in the comment section!
Saturday, December 27, 2025
the Governor of Delaware with his '29 Studebaker President Eight, and license plate #1, on a "Weaver brake tester" that used drive-over plates and liquid gauges to instantly show each wheel's braking power simply by driving the car on at steady speed then jumping on the brake pedal. (thank you CoSC!)
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The hierarchy in the way license plates once were allocated reflected late eighteenth century political thought in most states. New York allocated “1” to the governor and “2” to the lieutenant governor. President Franklin Roosevelt got “3”.
ReplyDeletewell, why the heck have I never learned that before? Thank you! Excellent info! Much appreciated! By the way, what is CoSC in layman terms? Location, periodic table chemistry? Something else entirely?
DeleteHaha, it stands for “Court of Star Chamber”. I needed a handle for my blog and was at the time reading Kesselring and Mears’ history of the Star Chamber.
Deletewow, that could be a password, and no one would ever crack it! Username: Kesselring Password:Court of Star Chamber
DeleteThanks!
Some time in (I think) the early 70's I accompanied a friend who was taking his family car for the annual New Jersey inspection. This was a state-run affair, and they used a similar brake tester. The procedure was notorious for its long lines, and difficulty in reinspection. It was pretty much an all day affair, and many people, as I recall, hired someone to take their cars through. Sometime not long after that they made the resinspection easier, and now I think it's emissions only. But I remember the brake tester, which I'd never seen before.
ReplyDeleteNot a 1929 Cadillac 341. The car is a 1929 Studebaker President Eight.
ReplyDeletethanks, I was just going off what the source said.
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