All those don't seem odd compared with this:
Just A Car Guy: have you ever seen a 1906 Cantono electric car? If ever I was impressed by a vehicle that could have been the very origin of the term 'horseless carriage" this would be it
It's not a Porsche-Loehner? It looks like there is a fifth spring between the carriage and that [twist beam?] backbone frame. I hope there is a planetary gearbox under that steering column. Three control rods for the brakes and ??
That tow rope tells a story. Range anxiety is nothing new.
