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1913 Mercer Model 35 Raceabout [Series J]

1913 Mercer Model 35 Raceabout [Series J] in The Aristocats, Animation Movie, 1970

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

1913 Mercer Model 35 Raceabout [Series J]

00:04:07 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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Gamer ◊ 2013-09-22 19:09	The Model 35 (possibly Raceabout) appears to be the only Mercer with curved fenders: Link to "aqu52.files.wordpress.com" -- Last edit: 2013-09-22 19:10:03
JB ◊ 2015-08-19 23:57	1913+ [Series J].
Gamer ◊ 2015-08-20 10:43	Which would make it slightly anachronistic.
classiccarlover ◊ 2016-02-14 12:23	A hilarious car for a hilarious owner.
Gamer ◊ 2018-01-28 20:57	Should we take the film's setting into account, then it can only be a 1910 - the year the Model 35 Raceabout was introduced. In 1909 they only offered the Speedster. Better, but unfortunately very small pic: -- Last edit: 2018-01-28 21:09:14
Stevil101 ◊ 2024-10-16 23:17	The animation in this scene looks like they used live action reference footage with an actual car, possibly owned by one of the animators from Disney. Update: I think the reference footage may have came from "The Happiest Millionaire". The one used in that movie is a 1912 model and is now in the Revs Institute in Naples, Florida. I guess the animators decided to change the color to its famous yellow paint job. Here's the clip from the Aristocats. https://youtu.be/YL9iuGV5Os0?si=L9nYKrlMhLY7nat8 Now here's the clip from "The Happiest Millionaire". If you skip to the 1:22 mark, I'm fairly certain that is in fact the reference footage. https://youtu.be/vT-5JIgBJcE?si=jUZC8xS29xud5s7g -- Last edit: 2024-10-17 06:47:31
Gamer ◊ 2024-10-19 14:59	I think this definitely deserves a Bluray update, preferably with the view I suggested, being I think one of the few pre-Renaissance Disney animated movies on the site. humungus is probably loaded down with requests, so maybe opal could do it? Now, I know it's made with the 60s romanticized schlocky idea of the tens in mind, but realistically thinking, why would you drive an American car in the country that was ahead of the automotive until 1904, and producing some of the then most technologically advanced cars in the world? The Model T in France didn't catch on until after the armistice, and American cars must have been as hellishly expensive to import as they were gaudy on the streets of the quaint Third Republic.
humungus ◊ 2024-10-20 17:20	previous main pic:

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