AL HISTORIANS, INC.

November-December 1987 Issue Number 111

MINUTES OF THE SAH BOARD MEETING OFFICERS INTRODUCED, OCTOBER 8, 1987 AWARDS PRESENTED AT ANNUAL BANQUET The October meeting of the SAH Board of Direc tors was called to order by President Keith Marvin at 8:53 p m. after dinner at the home of Mrs. Shelby Newly elected officers and directors were intro­ Applegate in Mt. Gretna, . Present we re duced at the society's annual meeting and b anquet Charles Betts, Shelby C. Applegate, George Ward, he ld on the evening of Friday, October 9, 1987. at Matt Joseph, Christopher Foster, Bill Camerom, Tom the Marriott Inn in Harrisburg , Pennsylvania . Elected Bonsall, Jack Ma rtin, Taylor Vinson, newly elected president in the recent balloting was Beverly Rae officers : President Beverly Rae Kim es, Vice President Kimes of New York City, who succeeds Keith Marvin. Henry Austin Clark and Treasurer Robert Gary. Henry Austin Clark Jr., of Glen Cove, New York, The minutes of the February board meeting were was elec ted vice president, succeeding Charles L. read by the secret a ry, and accepted. Treasurer Betts. Robert Gary, of Stevens Point, Wisconsin , was George Ward passed out copies of the treasurer's chosen to succeed George B . P. Ward Jr. , as treasurer. r eport, which was accepted. To facilitate the transfer Gary took office immediately, as Ward submitted his of the treasurer's records, George Ward resigned and resignation effective October 8th , in order to effect Bob Gary took over as treasurer at the meeting an orderly tra nsition of the society's accounts. instead of January 1, 1988. The membership report Incumbent secretary Shelby C. Applegate, of Mt. included the information that as of October 8 we have Gretna, Pennsyfvania, was re-elected. Elected 519 active members. Shelby is in the process of directors for three-year terms were Strother McMinn, entering all membership records into an IBM compatible of Pasadena, California, incumbent William T. Cameron, computer D- Base III system. of Minocqua, Wi sconsin, and retiring president Keith The ·board approved and accepted with thanks, Marvin, of Menands, New York. The balance of the Vice P ~es id e nt Charles Betts' gift of lapel pins to office rs and directors assume their positions on to th . distinguis hed Founder , Honorary I Lifetime, January 1 , 1988. Director I Officer and Award Winner members on record as of Jul 1 , 1987 : V. Alvarez, H. E. Appelquist, S.C. Applegate, D.L.Bell , C.W.Bishop, S.R.Blond, ~att Joseph , Cugnot and Benz Awards chairman, 0. Bombard , J . R. Bond, T. E. Bonsall, G. Aorgenson, announced the winners of a wards for publication G. R. Brigham , R. B. Brigham, D. W. Brownell, during the year 1986. W.T.Cameron, M.M.Cattie, R.D.Chapin, H.A .Clark The Cugnot Award for the best book in the field Jr., J.A.Conde, G.H.Dammann , M. Duerksen, of automotive history was presented jointly to two R.Dunwoodie, H.J.Earley, T.Erich , C.G.Foster , works : The Sta r and the Law·el: Th e Centennial J.E.Gebby . G.N.Georgano, J.J.Gods hall , W.E.Gosden, Histor· y of Daimler·. Mer·cedes and Ben z, by Beverly K. N. Gross, G. P. Hanley, S. P. Hanley, P. Heick, L. G. Rae Kimes; and The Immortal 2.9:A lfa Romeo SC 29 UU Helverson, A. L. Hom an, W. S. Huffman, R. R. Irwin, A&B . by Simon Moore. The Star· and th e Lau r·el is W.S.Jack son, M.L.Joseph, B.R.Kimes, D. L.Le wis, published by Mercedes- Benz of North America, The K. E. Ludvigsen, W. 0. Mac llvain , S. McMinn, J. L. Martin, Immor·tal 2. 9 by Parkside Publications , Seattle, K. Marvin , J. R. Mc Alpine, W. M.. P . McCall , J. R. Montville , Washington. H.J. Mueller, G.M.Naul, J. M. Peckham, W.J.Prentice, The Carl Be nz Award for the best periodical article W.F.Robinson Jr., F.D.Roe, W.E.Swigart , Z.T.Vinson, in the fi eld of automotive history wa s presented to G.B.P.Ward Jr. , T.E.Warth , L.A.Warth , L.A.Watson , Frederic k A. Usher for "Andre Dubonne t , as Supple R.A.Wolff, M.J .Worthington- Williams, W.E.Wray, as a Ca t" published in the third quarte r 1986 issue K.S.Zahm , R.P.Zavitz. of Automobile Quar·tel'ly . Beverly Rae Kimes r eported on publications . There Several Aw a rds of Di s tinc tion we re presented for will be a ne w column in The Journal for me mbe rs to books and arFcles of partic ula r me rit published during r elat e their c urrent projec t s, or s ha r e ne ws of projects 19 86. Book awards we nt to Th er e is No Mistaking a of fellow members. This will be a wav to learn about Pier·ce - A r·row by Brooks T. Bri e rl ~y, published by each other and get acquainted. There -was an increase Garret and Stringer; Dynamic Beher'l"sch en by Erik in le tter s to the editor in the last year whic h is also Eckermann, publi s hed in Ge rma n y by ATE I Teves; a good way for members to keep in touc h. The s ubject Bentley: The Vintage Year·s by Michael Hay, published of a new edition of the member ship directory was b y Dalton Wa t son; Go lde n Wh ee ls: The Stoi'Y of t abled until the February board meeting, a t which Automobiles Made in Cleve lan d and Nor·th eas te r· n Ohio time it was hoped that all information will be by Ri c ha rd Wager, a second corrected edition computerized, whic h will make the whole process published by John T. Zubal, Inc . Awards of easie r. Di s tinc tion for pe riodical articles went to "Strat ee-ies Matt Joseph r eport ed on the Cugnot/Benz Awards, for Success in a Changing Marketplace," a Locomobile to be announced at the banquet. treatise by L. J. Andre w Villalon, published in Bulb The next board meeting will be held on Februat·y llo..n. volume XLV II numbers 3 and 4; and "The 12, 1988, in Philadelphia . Autovia" by Mike Worthington- Williams, publis hed in The meeting was adjourned at 11 : 15 p .m. t he September 1986 issue of the British magazine The Res pectfully s ubmitted , A utomob ile . Mrs. Shelby C. Applega te Continued o n ne;.. t page - ~v-+ SAH Journal No. 111 November- December 1987 Inn, S a lisbury, Connecticut. Society members ~ ~ - THE JOURNAL from both New York State and Connecticut 0' '"f SO CifTV O' AUTO ioiO TIV I M I ITO-IANI . i~C . attended the event . Nathaniel T. Dawes, of Poughkeepsie, New York, presided at the business meeting, assisted Editor Edltorli.l OCrlce : SAH Journal by John B. Montville, secreta ry-treasurer, a lso Rich ard B. Brigham 1616 Park Lane , S, E. of Poughkeepsie. ~lari e tta, Ge orgi a 30066 Keith Marvin, pres iden t of the inte rnational SAH, reported on the recent election and d inner Publications Committee Richard B. Brigham conducted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvan ia. Be verly Rae Kimes, Chairperson John A. Conde Dawes and Montvi ll e were both re-elected to Ge orge B. P. Ward, Jr. Fr ed erick D. Roe office. Frederic W. Soule, Hudson, New York, - was re-elected vice president of the local c h apter. The SAH Journal Is publ ished Cop yrl iJlt 1987 T e ntative plans were outli ned for the chapter's six times a year by the Sociery The Soci ery oC Aut omot!Y e spon sorshi p of a publication about the mo t o r of Aur omoriv e Hillori ans, Inc. I Historians, Inc. veh ic le industry in the mid-Hudson Valley of New Yo r k State. Further plans for the project SOCIETY OF Al'TO\-iOTl\'E HlSTORlA:'\S' OFFICERS, 19 87 wi ll be discussed early in 1988. The chapter also meets annua ll y in May a t PRESIDENT SECRETARY ~ helby C. Applegate the Rhinebeck- Poughkeepsie-Hudson a r ea of New Keith Marvin York State. Its membership is comprised largely 587 Broadway - A-13 Box 1 Menands. NY 12204 Annville, PA 17001 of New York State residents, a ltho u g h it a lso has members in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio, TREASURER Ma s sachusetts and Virginia. ... VICE PRESIDE NT George B. P. Ward, Jr. Charles L. Bett-s, Jr. c/o Maryland National Bank LONG ISLA ND BOOK COLLECTORS MEE TING : 2105 Stackho use Drive P. 0. Box 987 TRAVEL BY AUTOMOBILE BOOKS, 1897-1918 Yardley, PA 19067 Baltimore, MD 21203 At the June 14th meeting of the Long Isl and Book Collectors,, held at the Swirbul Li brary at Adelphi University in Garden City, Long JAMES J. BRADLEY AWARD PRESENTED Island, books from around the world concerning TO HENRY FORD MUSEUM automobile travel were discussed. The speaker The James J. Bradley Distinguished Service Award for the occasion was David M. King (SAH member was prof! sented to the Henry Ford Museum of Dearborn, #660), who is usually associated with his , in recognition of outstanding contributions Rolls- Royce and BentLey I iteratu.re col Lection, to the jJ'!'eservation of historic ma-terial related to the motor vehkles of the world. The award, a memorial to but who t h is time gave an interesting tal k on the late curator of the National Automotive History books about autornobile travel that were pr inted Collection at the Public Library, was presented before 1918. He had a number of the books under by the society's Bradley Award chairman James Wren . discussion on display, many featuring beautiful Stephen Hamp accepted the award on behalf of t he color covers. The majority of the aud ience in museum, and addressed the meeting on the institution's attendance were not collectors of automobiles or goals and operations. automotive history, so Dave had a chance to PETER HELCK NAMED FRIEND increase their appreciation of th is topic with his OF AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY talk. It was a most pleasant afternoon, and well Artist and historian Peter Heick of Boston Corners, received by all in attendance . New York, was honored with the society's fifth Friend Reported by Walt Gosden of Automotive History Aw ard, Peter Heick is well known in the automotive comm unity for hi s paintings SOUTHERN CALl FORN lA CHAPTER of auto racing--works of art having a gift of feeling LITERATUTE FAIR AND EXCHANGE which surpasses realism, Less well known is his The fifth annual Automotive Li terature Fair and advertising art , much of which concerned automotive Exchange, sponsored by the Southern Ca lifornia subject s . Many of the truck advertisement s in leading magazines of the forties and fifties, particularly Mack Chapter of the SAH and held on September 13, 1987, in the pa rking lot of Pasadena City College , Pasadena , and Chevrolet, bore the 11 HELCK 11 signature. Hi s car eer autobiography , 11 Seventy-Five Years with Cal ifornia, was the la r gest event of its kind yet held Pallette , Paintbrush, and Wh eels," which was published on the Pacific Coast. Li terally tons of automotive in Bulb Horn, won the society's Carl Benz Aw ard books, mag azi nes , s ales catalogs and maintenance in 1983. The Friend of Automotive Hi story Aw ard was ma nua ls of countless age and type filled 72 sta ll presented by Charles Betts and accepted for Peter spaces. Everything fr om license plates to rad ia tor Heick by his longtime friend Keith Ma rvin , in emblems, lapel pins and badges, original paintings, recognition of his many years of significant posters, photographs (old and new), toy a nd scale contributions to automotive history, both by his model cars, and a myriad of other b its of memorabilia writing and by hi s artistry. could be found . Ma n y came long distances to set up t he ir d isplays. CHAPTER AND CONTEMPORARY Californians from San Diego to San Francisco we re CLUB ACTIVITIES joined by both members and merchants from as fa r away os Oregon, Washington, Nevada and Arizona . ANNUAL MEET ING, PIONEER CHAPT ER The weathe r cooperated, cool a nd com fortab le , and a t hreat of possibl e s howe r s s tayed a loft un t il The annual meeting of the Pioneer Chapte r ever yone had gone home . En thusiast / Collector of the S ociety of Automotive Historians was held a ttendance was the best yet. on Saturday, October 24th at the Wh ite Hart A number of req uests fo r SAH membe r sh ip forms 2 SAH Journal No. 111 November- December 1987 From Ne il Loysen, Morristown, New Jersey 07960: In r ef erence to the article on street-cleaning equipment (SA H Journal No. 99, November- December 198 5) which showed a picture of a Worcester, Massachusetts , trolley. I have a 92 -year-old uncle still living in Worcester who related to me that his f irs t job as a young boy was t endtng the sprt 11klers on those trolley ca r s . A few years ago I was able to locate a 1911 issue of a loca l magazine published by the Worcester Chamber of Commerce, promoting the trade and industry of the c ity. In it was a little advertisement for the American Car Sprinkler Company wh ich apparently manufactured these spri nkler <:~ttachments for the trolley cars. This should put t hat company amo ng the earli est makers of such eq ui pmen t.

From Grahame Ward, The Motorists Bookshop, P.O . Box 383, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. A FEW OF THE MANY BUYERS, TRADERS AND VIS I TORS AT Please advise any membe rs who are pl anning to THE SOUTHERN CAL I FORNI A CHAPTER'S FIFTH ANNUAL visit Australia, perhaps for the FIVA Rally next year, LITERATURE FAIR AND EXCHANGE . SOME NEW SAH MEMBERS to get in contact with me, as I would be pleased to WERE SIGNED UP, TOO. meet with any fellows of the Society of A utomotive Photo: Bobbie'dine Rodda (Miss Information) Hi storians. Glendale, California

kept the chapter's booth, manned by Steve Richmond From Ralph Dunwood ie, Sun Valley, Nevada 89433: and son, busy throughout the day . Additiona l r eq uests for information and membership forms were received On page 2 of issue #11 0 there is a p icture of a b y mail for well over a week following the event. mystery electric car, contributed by D. S. Manson, Bill Lewis Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia. The car is an 1899 Woods Electric , as pictured in an advertisement in ~'the July 1899 issue of McClure's LETTERS FROM magazine. The only difference that I can detect is OUR READERS Co ntinued on next page-'\r+ From Wi l ard J Prentice, Timonium, Maryland 21093 : Probably . no car has been descri bed and discussed more than '" the Model T Ford, and still I find one l n­ conststency ~ What is the correct name of Ford ' s early suppliers? According to the Model T Ford Club of America, "Coil boxes and coils were supplied ... by both Kingston and Jacobson-Brandon [note spell i ng] in 1910." (Quoted from the club publication Th e Vintage Ford, March-April 1987, page 36 . ) The other Model T Club, The Model T Ford Club International, seems to ag ree. The club's technical editor, Stev e Hubert , i n a letter on club stationery dated August 24, 1987, wrote " I have checked my pa r ts book and other Ford printed material and found t he electric com pan y' s name spelled Jacobson- Brandon. If it is a misprint in the literature, it was made twenty or so times .... " On the other hand, I have ex ami ned two of the ign ition switches made by the company for Ford, and the name of the manufacturer is c learly given as " Jacobson-Brandow Co. Pittsfield , Mass . " So which is correct? Perhaps our New England members can come up with some convincing evidence. Editor: 11 lis tin g in the Chilton trade directory of April 7970, plus on advertisement in The Automobi le Trade Directory of July 797 7, and finally a photo of one of the switches , all indicate that the. misprint in the literature r eally was made t wenty or more times.

"J & B" Magnetos and Coils Perfect Electrically and Mechanically JACOBSON-BRANDOW COMPANY PITTSFIELD, MASS. \-\'estern Sa l e ~ Office, <11<1 Bowles Building, Detroit, Michigan Canadian Representative, John Forman, Montreal New York Sales Ollfce , tt ti Nassau Street Photo by Willard J . Prenti ce

3 SAH Journal No . 111 November-December 1987

In the case of writings on the Benz, Me rcedes, or Mercedes- Ben z , I always look to see i f the au t hor has repeated the Marcus Myth . For those who haven't followed European automotive events of the period before 1900, the Marcus Myth started at the 1898 exhibition in Vienna honoring the 50th anniversar y of Emperor Franz Joseph to the th r one of Austria- Hungary. An automobile was shown w i th a sign before it that sa id "Gasoline Automobile built by Siegfried Marcu s in V ienna in 1877 (ten yea r s before the f irst French and German Gasol ine Automobi les . ") Th is false labeling was repeated when the car was exhibited in Paris at the World Exhibition, but the date was backed down to 1875 . I n 1950 the car was loaned to the C i ty of Stockholm for a pa r ade of old ca r s . The dating of 1875 or 1877 was never questioned . In the litigation over the Se lden patents in the Uni ted States , the information t h at the Marcus ca r had been in operation in 1875 was quoted with no questioning of the fact. Hi storians all over the world accepted the statement made on that 1898 sign, althoug h any close exam ination would have shown how false it was. It was concocted by an Austrian 1899 WOODS ELECTRIC (f rom magazine ad contributed Professor Czischek, ranking authority on automotive by Ralph Dunwoodie). eng ineering in Vienna. that the ca r in the ad h as rear fende r s (mudguards), Finally, in the 1960' s, the t ruth was foreshadowed and the line of the front sea t s ides i s str aig h t in the in a biography of Marcus by Dr. Gustav, Go ldbeck . ad but curved in Mr. Manson's photo . Goldbeck went ver y thoroughly into Marcus' many inventions. The interest of Dr. Hans Seper of the From Walter F. Gosden, Fl or al Park, New York 11001: Technical Museum for Industry and Commerce in I t was most interesting to see a photo of Bernard Vienna was piqved, and he made an exhaustive and Garret's Benz Victoria in issue number 109 of the scholarly study of Marcus' work. Marcus' ca r was SA H Journul . The enclosed illustration was found on on exhibit at the Museum, and Seper's wo r k showed an advertising card I have, issued by Benz & Company that the claims made for Marcus by Czischek we re of the same er a. Thought you may wish to share it comp letely false as they related to the car in the w i th the ~ ther members. Museum . Marcus made no other car with a four-stroke engine. Seper' s work was pub I ished in 1968 and the · ~ sign on the car now ays

MOTOR WAC EN ..- o, B~N .Z &. C '?

RHE I N ISCHE GASMOTOR[N - FABRIK . MA.NNH I:: 1M

Editor : Th e (ol/ov.,ing letter has been r eceived (rom Frank W. King of Durham, North Carolina, ational Technical Director of the Mercedes - Benz Club of America. He writes on a subiect close to the heort a( your editor . (Yes, editors do have hearts, too ) . There are few publications that read as thoroughly as The Journal. The f requent articles on the search for accuracy are particularly inter esting . The Marcus car with 4-stroke engine, shown here I find the type of inaccuracy that is repeated over on di splay at the Neiman- Marcus store in Dalla s , and over, with one writer copy ing another and Texas, in the fall of 1965. somet im es elaborating ad libitum into the realm of pu r e fiction, particularly infuriating . Some of these inaccuracies are so pervasive that they become recognition signs of the sloppy and inventive historian. 4 SA il Jow·nal No. 111 Novembe•·- Decernber· 1987

IN 5 . One H. H. Pinney had a minor role at a SEARCH Chalmers controlled suppl ier . His name seems QUESTIONS OF ANSWERS fam iliar but I can 't place it. Wh at else did he do 7 D. J. Kava , 1775 Bandera , Beaumont , TX 77706 , asks 6. One Hen r y Mi ll er, a sa les manager of t he the followi ng list of questions . If you \vill send Goodrich Rubber Co., rode with a d isqual ified 1907 your answers to the Journal , we will pass them on Glidden Tour Thomas-Detroit entry from t o lr . Kava and a l so publish them in our next i ssue , Ph i ladelph ia to Baltimore . Is thi s the same Henry so tha t all member s will have the information . Miller of Indianapolis fame? 1. I am forever in need of finding the Tuesday 7. How long d id the Januar y 1907 60-hp T homas before or after a speci f ic date in the ea rl y 190 0' s . car run after completing its nonstop 350 hours Can an yone supply ca lenda r s from th is era 7 at the New York Shows 7 D1d it make its adver t ised tri p to Chicago without problems 7 2 . Stumbled onto sever al Hupmobil e and Hudson connections. Did Cha rl es D . Hastings leave an y 8 . In the sp r i ng of 1907 one Geor ge Paddock comment about his brie f stint as T homas-Detroit partic ipated i n a New York endu rance ru n driv ing office manager? Dana Badertscher, a lon gtime a Thomas-Detroit 40 . My best guesses wou ld. be Hudson eng inee r, told me he was h i red away in t h e 200 - mile NYC to Albany, o r the 400-mile Long the 1920's by Hupmobil e to design an eig ht-cyl inder Island Auto Cl ub AAA Sealed Bonnet Run. An y one eng ine. For mer Hudson President William J . know for sure 7 Re sults? McAneeny became Hupp president during the 9 . Anyone have taxicab production figures for 7 Dep r ession . Anyone have his tenure dates Any Thomas ' Buffalo operations 7 How about a photo 1 other connections of a 1909 Chalmers- Detroit tax icab 7 3. Who was t he advertising agency for Thom

Th ese pi ctures and the fo 11 owing description of the Hupmob i 1 e Mode 1 32 engine 1 ubri cat i ng sys tern are from The Hor seless Age, September 17 , 1913 : " .. . the flywheel run s continually in a bath of oil , with i ts rim close to the Dot~om of the oil pan . As i t revolves , oi l i s thrown by centri fugal force i nto a copper t ube, through which it i s conducted into ducts l eading along the top of the crankcase . Three \ - inch tub~s carry the oil to the main bear i ngs of the crankshaft . Through holes drilled in the crankshaft , oi l flows to the c rankpin beari ngs . The oil spray thrown from the ends of these bearings lubricates the cyl inders under normal running cond i t ions . As an addi t i onal precaution oil leads are also provided di rect from the di s tri buting oil pipe to each cy linder and piston . The camshaft i s oiled by means of pockets in the crankcase, which catch some of the oil thrown off by the connecting rod s and crank shaft." 5 SAH Journal No. 111 November-December 1987 (§ie Golden Oldies The 1908 Sayers & Scovill Truck

Editor: Th e following article has been reprinted from rear the platform type are used, with the side spri ngs The Horseless Age of June 3, 7908 . 21 by 42 and a rear cross spring of 2-! by 38 inches. An armored wood construction is used for the Sayers & Scovill, of Cincinnati , Ohio, are buildmg frame, the si lls being made from 2 by 5 inch ash trucks under cond itions which are as favorable as armored with k by 5 inch steel. This reinforcement can be found anywhere in this country. The c ity of is brought across the rear corners diagonally so as Cincinnati affords some of the worst combinations of to take the place of gussets. The wheels are of second steep hills and uneven roadways to be found in any growth hickory. Those in front have 2-inch spokes; civilized commun i ty. It is, of cou rse , on ly logica l to those at the r ea r 2t. inch. The front t ires are 3-!x 32 suppose that a truck built in such surroundings w i ll inch whi le the rear are 3-!x 34 inch. have serviceable brakes and good hill-climbing power. Control is by a 16- inch hand wheel set on a vertical At the present t ime Sayers & Scovill are building post, and actuatinq a screw-and-nut gear. A hand only one size of truck, which has a rated load capacity lever under the steering whee l controls the gear of 3,000 pounds. It is one of the few machines of sh i fting. The right pedal disengages the clutch and this size in which an air-cooled motor is employed. appl ies the emergency brake. The service brake is The motor is a four- cyl inder vertical , having bore appl ied by the left pedal. Both sets of brakes ar e and stroke of 4 inches each and rated at 27 of the band type. The service brakes are on the horsepower. It is cooled by the air currents produced countershaft just inside the frame, while the by a belt-d riven fan, the air passing over cast emergency brakes are on the rear wheels. The latter circumferential flanges on the cylinders. These flanges b;-akes are 14k inches in diameter, with a 4-inch face, are two inches deep,one-eighth inch thick at the inside lined with a special belting. and one sixteenth th ick at the edge-. The valves are Owing to the location of the motor under the seat carried in cages placed in seats on top of the integral the wheelbase of this truck is only 96 inches . A 60 cylinder heads. All bear·ings are finished by grinding. inch tread is used. The weight of the chassis is given The crankshaft is of the three-bearing type and is at 2,600 pounds. Any style of body can be furni shed, hardened and ground. It is 1-3 /4 inches in d iameter. not to exceed 13 feet in length back of the seat and The connecting rods are bushed with white brass. six feet in width".' Lubricant is supplied by a four-feed mechanical oiler. Ignition is by jump-spark, using a four-unit coil with a 45 ampere-hour storage battery and a reserve set of dry cells as a current source . An ~xpansion clutch is used. It is 15 inches in diameter, faced with leather, and in this facing are 200 small '

This Carrico Air-Cooled Engine W d ~ The Sayer s & Scovill 1 ~ Ton Truck used i n the Sayers & Scov i 11 Truck 6 SA H Journal No . 111 Novembe r - Decembe•- 1987 I/; THE BILLBOARD 0

Advertising in this column is offered free to SAH members on a space available basis. Ads for historical automotive books and literature, photographs, drawings, etc., are acceptable, both for sale and wanted. Ads for automobiles or parts are not acceptable. Da ve Duricy 1253 Dav id M. Knowles 1261 668 Emer s on Ave nu e 905 McCandless St . LITERATURE : New list of 2000 items; for eign and domestic sales lite r ­ Ha mil ton, OH 45013 Saul t Ste Marie, Ml 49783 ature , books and magazines, 1920's to present. Sports car s, classics, antiques, r ace cars, hot rods and customs. free list. ROB Mc LELL AN, Ed Romney 1254 Arthur James Balfou r 1262 9111 LONGSTAFF DR . , HO USTON, TX 770 31. 713/772- 3285 . P 0 Box 5247 1700 E. Michigan Ave. ONE-CYLINDER CAD II.LACS l TWO - CYLINDER BUICKS: SA H Mem ber Spartanburg, SC 28304 Parma , Ml 49269 Harcourt Herve y (So. Pasadena, CA ) maintains a registe r and comput­ erized r ecords of existing one- ~y lin der • two-cylinde r Buicks Sarah Mos s 1255 James A. McCaw 1263 worldwide . Rosters of owners and serial numbers of exis tin g cars are available a t nominal char ge an d are updated re gularly. Mr. He rvey is 1330 S E Bri stol St #42 19 Middle Road collecting lite r a ture on these vehicles for a le nding library for owne r s. Santa Ana, CA 92704 Southbo r o, MA 01772 Anyone having reproducible lite rature for other o wn e rs is invited to write Mr . Hervey. He will provide copies of his serial numbe r list s and George W. Green 1256 Col i n Fort 1264 current ros te r s in exchange for good copy of suc h li ter a ture. Please 3421 Detroi t St. P 0 Bo x 2050 help the owne rs of these early cars gain access to the literature tha t Dearborn, Ml 48121 is in the hands of SAH members. This is poss ible throu g h Mr. Hervey's La Jolla, CA 92 038 effort s to maintain the register s and build a lending libr ary. For in­ fo r ma tion , cont act: HARCOURT HERVEY Il l, 711 MISSION ST., SU ITE Thoma s W. Glatch 1257 Donal d L. Sullivan 1265 B, SOUTH PASADENA , CA 91030. 818/799-7979 - 213 / 682-2737 . 11404 W. Garfield Ave . 5962 W. 76th Street WANTED, informa tion on ALVAN MACAULEY ,president of the Wauwato s a, WI 53226 Los Angeles, CA 90045 Motor Car Company , for an upcoming biography to be publishe d in The Packard Cormor a nt ma gazine. Anything pertaining to Macaule y : Robert J Krogh , M.D. 1258 Ti m Lai r d 1266 period articles, clippings, photos , etc . All will be r eturned. (Copies 17781 Be ach Bl vd . 17 Maes Ro ad are ok) . Did you know him or his family-work with him a t Packard Hun ti ngton Beach, CA 92647 La ne Cove 2066 Motor Car Company? Please let me know. STUART BLOND, SAH W9 52, 84 HOY AV ENUE, FORDS, NJ 08863. 201 / 738 -7859. Sydney , New South Wales Paul N. Eoff 1259 AUSTRALIA WANTED: PACKARD ANNU AL REPORTS : 1900 through 193 1, 19 ~ 2, 1933, 544 E. Limb e rlost Dr. 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940 , 1941 , 194 3, 1944, 1947 , 1958 . Qua rte rly re­ Tu s can , AZ 85705 Joe 1 R • Mi 1 1 e r 1 2 6 7 ports, all e xcept 19 50 through 1953 . (Copies are ok) . STUART BLOND, 84 HOY A YEN UE , FORDS , NJ 088 63. 10635 S . E. Re x St . Sand ra Shaw 12 60 Portland, OR 97266 WANTED : Lite rature from speed equipment companies, McG ruk, Ni cson , c/o P . MacNeil & Co . Raja, Chevrolet Brothe rs, others from the 19 20' s through 1950' s, DICK Su i t e 204 , De nni s L. La nk 1268 LARROWE, SAH #84, 40400 EAST LARCH MOUNTA IN RD. CORB ET T , OREGO N 9701 . 101 Yorkv ille Ave. Amargo Autobooks Toronto , Ontario P 0 Box 136 WANTED : OrlAal sales folders and cat alogs showing automotive toys CA ADA M5R 1C1 1915- 1935 for such compan ies as Buddy L, Keystone , Turner, Arcade, Boron , CA 93516 Hubley, Champioh , etc. WA LTER GOSDEN, 197 MAYFAIR AVE. ,FLORAL PARK, NEW YORK 11001. Paul R. Wright 1155 FOR SALE OR TRADE : Press kits on many makes 1968 to 1987, both 8108 Pa rk Ave . South passenger car and commercial, domestic and European. WALT GOSDEN , Bloomington, MN 55420 197 MA YFAIR AVE NU E, FLORAL PAR K, NY 11

the necessa;·y financing to put it into p r od uction. In 1921 h is Front Dri ve Motor Company managed to ~l]J~®M®1rilWrn have a few roadsters and touring cars made by by another company in Moline, Il lino is, a t least one of ®IID®il~llrn~ Arby Bee which was displayed a t the 1922 Kansas City a u tomobi le show. The 1949 Gregory pictured he r e was powered by I a four -c yl inder opposed Continental engine , which drove t h e front wheels v ia 'tor que tube and d ri vesha ft. The wheelbase was onl y 94 inches, and all fou r wheel s were independently sprung. Gregory' s last effor t 3S an automobile maker produced just one p r otot ype of a Po rsc he-engined front d ri ve ca r . It was never p u t into prod u ction, and he turned his attention, successfully, to the design of milita r y vehicles.

The rear - engi ned , front - wheel dr ive Gregory of 1949 WHO'S ON FIRST ' From tirne to time, over the years. unverified This s ma ll two-door vehi cle certa inl y q u al if ies as rumors have persisted which state that electric a n Automotive Oddity, for it is a rear-eng ined , front­ self-starters had been appl ied experimentally to a wheel drive car, and if there have been o thers with few makes of ca r s in the pioneer yea r s of 1896 to this unusual configu r ation, we haven't heard of them . 1900 . Sources for such ru mors a r· e seldom. if ever, It was b uilt in 1949 by Ben F . Gregory , of Kansas stated . One make o ften ment ioned in s u ch r eports City, Missour i, wh o had made other unsuccessful is the Oldsmobile of 1896 o r later, to about 1399 . attempts to enter the a utomobile manufactu ring Can any of our member s offer a n y solid, verifia ble business with front-drive cars . In 1920 he built an r eferer. ces--or , even bette r. details conce r n ing the experi mental ca r on a Sc ri pps-Booth c h ass is b ut lacked des ign a nd application of such starting devices 1

7 This experimental 1940 Packard "Phantom" was designed by Edward Macauley (at wheel) . The begi nnings of styling features used in the Packard cars of t!ie late 19110's anu early 1950's \ are apparent . ...

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