The Twombly was an American

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manufactured by

Driggs-Seabury Driggs-Seabury Ordnance Company was founded in 1897 by Driggs family, William H. Driggs and Samuel Seabury, both US Navy officers, in partnership with William's brother Louis Labadie "L. L." Driggs, originally to produce guns for the US Army and ...

between 1913 and 1915. The cars had

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, four-cylinder engines, two seats in tandem, and an underslung body. Few of them are still in existence. The car was designed by Willard Irving Twombly (1873-1953). His largest investor,

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petitioned for bankruptcy in 1915 claiming he was owed $428,238 by the Twombly group of companies for loans and interest. Shortly after this, Twombly became involved in an expensive divorce case and was eventually jailed following accusations of

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and misconduct.

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