. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. AUTOCAR GASOLINE AUTOMOBILE, 7 90 7 Gift of the Autocar Co. in 1922 (USNM 307257) This car (fig. 54), one of the first shaft-driven automo- biles made in the United States, was designed by Louis S. Clarke, vice president and consulting engineer of the Autocar Co. in 1901. In November 1901 it was driven from the factory in Ardmore, Pa., to the automobile show at the old Madison Square Garden in New York City in 6 hours 5 minutes over frozen, rutty, country roads, a com- mendable performance. The car has a 4-passenger body with a rear-entrance
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. AUTOCAR GASOLINE AUTOMOBILE, 7 90 7 Gift of the Autocar Co. in 1922 (USNM 307257) This car (fig. 54), one of the first shaft-driven automo- biles made in the United States, was designed by Louis S. Clarke, vice president and consulting engineer of the Autocar Co. in 1901. In November 1901 it was driven from the factory in Ardmore, Pa., to the automobile show at the old Madison Square Garden in New York City in 6 hours 5 minutes over frozen, rutty, country roads, a com- mendable performance. The car has a 4-passenger body with a rear-entrance tonneau (fig. 55), with the controls to the left of the driver's seat. The upper of the two control handles which stand at the driver's left hand is the steering control; the lower is the gear shift. Between the body molding and the seat cushion is a lever that operates the clutch. Twisting the handle of this lever controls the carburetor throttle. Out- side the body, to the driver's left, is a small handle for adjusting the spark. Figure 54. —Autocar built in Ardmore, Pa., in late 1 90 1, and restored in 1 956 by the Autocar Division of the White Motor Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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