There's a Rickenbacker Car Club! Who knew?
Tuesday-December 04, 2007
Now you do!
While I was surfing around through the Car Type web site, I saw the Rickenbacker logo. I wondered if there was a car club for the car named after America's Ace of Aces, Eddie Rickenbacker. It didn't take long to find the Rickenbacker Car Club of America through Google.
Barney Everitt and Walter Flanders of E-M-F fame started the Rickenbacker marque in 1921. Eddie lent his name to the company and became its national sales manager.
Although the web sites are unclear about final production figures, it seems that Rickebacker produced under 7,000 cars from 1922 to 1927.
Even though the company went under, Rickenbacker himself stayed involved with automobiles and aviation. He was one of the founders of Eastern Airlines. Plus, in the Torq-O library, we have an incredibly rare record of commercial spots that he recorded for Pontiac in 1935.
The Rickenbacker Club is now listed on our Links to Clubs page.
While I was surfing around through the Car Type web site, I saw the Rickenbacker logo. I wondered if there was a car club for the car named after America's Ace of Aces, Eddie Rickenbacker. It didn't take long to find the Rickenbacker Car Club of America through Google.
Although the web sites are unclear about final production figures, it seems that Rickebacker produced under 7,000 cars from 1922 to 1927.
Even though the company went under, Rickenbacker himself stayed involved with automobiles and aviation. He was one of the founders of Eastern Airlines. Plus, in the Torq-O library, we have an incredibly rare record of commercial spots that he recorded for Pontiac in 1935.
The Rickenbacker Club is now listed on our Links to Clubs page.