{"id":135416,"date":"2016-03-16T14:17:56","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T14:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.supercars.net\/blog\/?p=135416"},"modified":"2024-01-11T18:07:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T18:07:20","slug":"the-greatest-american-supercar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/the-greatest-american-supercar\/","title":{"rendered":"The Greatest American Supercar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ford GT40, Corvette L88, Mustang 429 and Shelby Cobra are pretty obvious contenders for the term Greatest American Supercar, but how about the 1906 Locomobile or the 1909 ALCO?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s these early, turn of the century American race cars which won the Vanderbuilt Cup Races, the most important race in America in the pre-WW1 era.<\/p>\n<p>We were turned onto the Locomobile by aficionado David Greenlees of The Old Motor. He rode in the car as a toddler and has a permanent affection for the car.<\/p>\n<p>As a tribute to the Locomobile we have prepared a page of images that show the car in many different lights.<\/p>\n<figure class='gallery-item'>\r\n            <div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n                <a href='https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1077237-1536.jpg' class='tipi-lightbox'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1077237-1536.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"The Greatest American Supercar\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1077237-1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1077237-1536-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1077237-1536-1024x683.jpg 1024w, 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It&#8217;s these early, turn of the century American race cars which won the Vanderbuilt Cup Races, the most important race in America in the pre-WW1 era. We were turned onto the Locomobile by aficionado David Greenlees of The Old Motor. 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