Dash, and approximately 6,500 Model B were manufactured, and the Model F was introduced in 1907, again with mechanical improvements. The Model B also saw a limited production Touring Sedan with a novel entry approach called the Side Entrance Touring Sedan where passengers would enter from the middle of the car. The engine was a two cylinder horizontally opposed engine installed underneath the passenger compartment that powered the rear wheels, and the transmission was a two-speed planetary gearbox. Sales weren't successful and it was cancelled by 1906. Oldsmobile Pirate Beach Racer In 1902, Mr. Olds modified a Model R and essentially stripped it down to an engine, a single seat, a radiator and connected the solid front and rear axles on semi-elliptic leaf springs, which then supported the engine, transmission and passenger. He then raced it at Florida's Ormond Beach in 1902 and 1903, where his driver Horace Thomas drove the Pirate to a record speed of 54.38 mph. Gallery Notes References Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly (January, 1904) External links The Curved Dash Oldsmobile at The Henry Ford Museum 1905 Oldsmobile Image (Suffolk County(NY) Historical Society Museum) – large 1951 article on a 1904 Olds making a coast to coast trip with detailed photo of subject Curved Dash First car made by manufacturer Cars introduced in 1901 1900s cars Veteran vehicles Rear_mid-engine,_rear-wheel-drive_vehicles