Oct. 14, 1914

This is likely the car grandpa talks about. 

Sunny & Cool. Had frost last night (therma about 28)

Rode down with Jay and Burl. Wore overcoat & still it was pretty cool when we hit it up. On our way home - Jay, Burl, Fat, Fred, & Pudge - We made about 50. Walked down to lake & brot a few fellows home.

A fellow had broken his crank handle on the hill by the lake. So I helped him push his car & start the engine that way. Rode up the hill & had gone a block when he killed it again. We pushed it back to the hill, started it & got away alright. He had an Oakland Racer and his name was Bullet.

Lessons and to bed.

Here's a Pontiac Oakland Roadster around 1914.

Author's note: Grandpa says the car he helped with was a racer but going through the internet I can't find Oakland ever making a racer. This Roadster seems like what he was talking about. In trying to find the Oakland racer I learned a lot about the Oakland Motor Company. Their tag line was "A Car With A Conscience". As explained by the Oakland Motor Car Company, it was built by men who did their best at all times and was delivered to the customer with a “clean mechanical conscience.” Also the fully loaded Oakland for $1785 of 1914 translate to about $40,000 today.