ClassicCar

Back in the late 1940's, Mrs. Joy (Henry B. Joy's widow) drove a 1911 (?) Detroit Electric around Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. The Joy estate, as I remember, had at least a 7 car garage with servants quarters above.



In spite of the fact that she had a driver and probably several cars at her disposal, she seemed to prefer to drive herself. The old Detroit was beautiful and was steered with a tiller bar. It had flower vases on each door post that were always filled with fresh flowers every time I saw it.



As I remember, she was very elderly when I saw her, which was probably only a couple times. I think she drove the Detroit to her hair dresser which was near my high school.



Does anyone have any idea what ever happened to her old Detroit? I saw one at the Imperial Auto Museum in Las Vegas several years ago, but it was in bad shape. The curator would never respond to my inquiries regarding it's origin. Could it have been Mrs. Joy's?



Just curious,



Gene in San Diego Gene1142@sbcglobal.net