For some strange reason, someone bought a low dollar Model T, then went for a custom coachbuilt body by National for it

https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/321/

a National touring car equipped with a “Cape” or “Victoria” top that has a tonneau weather shield in place.

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=8778375148870541&set=gm.1286831105231142

Colorized by Adam Gawliczek

https://www.facebook.com/Colorize-Auto-Moto-416903432175272/

identification guide to the early National cars, 1904-1913

https://www.chuckstoyland.com/category/automotive/

National car passing streetcars on the Brooklyn Bridge in 1913

https://onceuponatown.tumblr.com/post/127827275310/national-car-passing-streetcars-on-the-brooklyn

in 1912 a lot of electric vehicles were being HEAVILY advertised to women, in the woman's section of the newspaper.

I've mentioned before that electric were marketed to women because a normal car back then (1912) needed a crank start, and that means they needed upper arm strength to fire up a cold engine... in the era before starters would roll the engine over, and precision carbs would make the induction efficient, and the choke was made obsolete, and the cylinders no longer had to be primed, and the oil had to be changed every 3 or 4 hundred miles. Brass era cars were not user friendly, except the electric cars.

 All 4 of these, are electric, and in the Chicago Tribune, Dec 15th, 1912 issue
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1912/12/15/page/58/article/paper-toys-for-jack-kneiffs-boys

1912 Packard and 1911 National teamed up for the 100th Anniversary of the 1915 race

https://www.facebook.com/groups/582589785103319/permalink/2627719793923631/