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South Bend: Elkhart: Two dozen makes of The Studebaker cars were manufactured here, La Porte: Company including the popular Elcar. Munson Company produced Mapping the built the first 750,000 cars gasoline-electric from 1901-1963, hybrid cars in america first producing in 1898. electric vehicles. crossroads: Auburn: The Auburn Automobile Company produced cars from 1900 through 1936, including the Indiana first car with front-wheel drive and hidden headlamps; home of the Auburn Cord Automobile Duesenberg Automobile Museum today. History Fort Wayne: The first gasoline pump that could accurately dispense gas was invented by Sylvanus Bowser in 1885, later adding a hose for automobiles. Logansport: The ReVere Motor Car Corporation produced custom handmade automobiles that included the first modern hubcaps. Kokomo: Elwood Haynes built the first Lafayette: successful spark- Subaru of Indiana ignition automobile in Automotive began 1893. Chrysler opened a manufacturing cars factory here in 1956. here in 1989. Muncie: Union City: Home of the Inter-State Automobile Made the Union Company in 1909; Warner Gear (1901) and automobile and later Borg-Warner (1928) manufactured the Le Grande transmissions through 2009. custom bodies. New Castle: Maxwell-Briscoe built the world’s largest automobile factory in 1907, later a Chrysler Plant. Richmond: In 1919 Westcott Motor Car Company introduced bumpers as Indianapolis: standard equipment. Dozens of makes of cars were manufactured here from 1900 Connersville: through the 1930’s. The Cole Eight makes of cars Motor Car Company produced were manufactured the first automobile for a U.S. here, including the President, William Taft in 1910. luxury McFarlan. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Terre Haute: was built in 1909 as a test site Home of Tony for the new automobile industry. Greensburg: Honda Hulman (1901), who Motor Company Indiana has more interstate highways than revolutionized the began producing any state comparable in size, sometimes use of billboards Columbus: cars here in 2008. called “the Crossroads of America.” for advertising to Short-Lived Reeves In its history, more than fifty communities in drivers. Hulman Indiana produced over 200 makes of cars. automobiles were bought the produced here from Indianapolis Motor 1908-1912. Cummins Speedway, improving Engine Company was and restoring the founded in 1919. race in 1946. Princeton: Toyota Motor Manufacturing was built here in 1996 to produce trucks, vans, and utility vehicles. Evansville: Graham Brothers built a truck factory here in 1919, later merging with Dodge and then Chrysler. Map created by the Ball State University Libraries’ GIS Research and Map Collection for the purpose of educational research and learning. Sources: Ball State University Libraries’ Digital Media Repository; Indiana: A History by William E. Wilson; Indiana Historical Society Digital Collections; Cruise-In.com. .

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Volume 45 No. 2 2018 $4.00
$4.00 Free to members Volume 45 No. 2 2018 Cars of the Stars National Historic Landmark The Driving Experience Holiday Gift Ideas Cover Story Corporate Members and Sponsors The Model J Dueseberg $5,000 The Model J Duesenberg was introduced at the New York Auto Show December Auburn Gear LLC 1, 1928. The horsepower was rated at 265 and the chassis alone was priced Do it Best Corp. at $8,500. E.L. Cord, the marketing genius he was, reamed of building these automobiles and placing them in the hands of Hollywood celebrities. Cord believed this would generate enough publicity to generate sells. $2,500 • 1931 J-431 Derham Tourster DeKalb Health Therma-Tru Corp. • Originally Cooper was to receive a 1929, J-403 with chassis Number 2425, but a problem with Steel Dynamics, Inc. the engine resulted in a factory switch and engine J403 was replaced by J-431 before it was delivered to Cooper. $1,000 • Only eight of these Toursters were made C&A Tool Engineering, Inc. Gene Davenport Investments • The vehicle still survives and has been restored to its original condition. It is in the collection of the Heritage Museums & Gardens in Sandwich, MA. Hampton Industrial Services, Inc. Joyce Hefty-Covell, State Farm • The instrument panel provided unusual features for the time such as an Insurance altimeter and service warning lights. MacAllister Machinery Company, Inc. Mefford, Weber and Blythe, PC Attorneys at Law Messenger, LLC SCP Limited $500 Auburn Moose Family Center Betz Nursing Home, An American Senior Community Brown & Brown Insurance Agency, Inc. Campbell & Fetter Bank Ceruti’s Catering & Event Planning Gary Cooper and his 1929 Duesenberg J-431 Derham Tourster Farmers & Merchant State Bank Goeglein’s Catering Graphics 3, Inc.
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My 1935 Auburn by Bill Winter the Auburn Automobile Company Was Established in 1900, Although It Was Not Incorporated Until Augu
My 1935 Auburn By Bill Winter The Auburn Automobile Company was established in 1900, although it was not incorporated until August, 1903. The company evolved from the Eckert Carriage Company of Auburn, Indiana, when the sons of the owner got interested in the horseless carriages that were emerging. With the help of the carriage company’s craftsman a prototype vehicle was running in 1900. The first production car was offered in 1903 for $1,400 and approximately 100 were sold. The company had its ups and downs, but under the leadership of E. L. Cord, sales reached over 20,000 in 1929. In 1930 sales fell to 11,357 due to the stock market crash and the fact that Auburn was in the final year of a three year body style. Auburn had its last good year in 1931 when the 8-98, designed by former Duesenberg body stylist Alan Leamy, was introduced. Sales were over 32,000. From there things went downhill; in 1932 only 11,000 cars were sold and sales fell to less than 5,000 in 1933. In an effort to improve lagging sales Auburns underwent a major restyling in 1934 and added a welded all-steel body, and a new six-cylinder Lycoming engine, Auburn’s first six since 1930. Sales improved over 1933 to 7,700, but the company continued to lose money. As a further attempt to boost sales, the 1934 was restyled by Gordon Buehrig, also from Duesenberg, to give the car a more racy appearance. He redesigned the grill, hood louvers, and front fenders and achieved what many consider the most stunning Auburn ever.
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1928 Auburn 8-88 Boattail Speedster Owned by Karen & Barrie Hutchinson
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A Walk Through History
arriages to The Auburn Automobile Company, founded by Charles Eckhart and his sons C ords Frank and Morris, manufactured the first Auburn Automobile. In 1903, the C aptly named Auburn was the first car manufactured in the city on a produc- A Walk C tion basis. (Continued on next panel) Auburn is the county seat of DeKalb County Indiana. The town was platted in 1836 by Wesley Park. The original plat of 308 lots consisted of two parallel In 1906 the W. H. McIntyre Company began production of an inexpen- Through History streets, Main and Jackson, with several intersecting streets, which included a sive, reliable, high-wheeled car. No more than a buggy with a tiller and public square. Park built his log cabin along Cedar Creek but he later built a sec- an engine, this vehicle was extremely popular. By 1912, McIntyre pro- ond home, on South Main Street, which is included on this tour. duced a line of trucks as well as automobiles and the Imp, a cyclecar. Before it’s closing in 1915, W. H. McIntyre Co. had five large plants in Auburn was designated as the county seat in 1837. By 1843, the first court- Auburn, producing vehicles ranging from horse drawn carriages to lux- house was completed on land donated by Park. Between 1840 and 1860, the urious automobiles. county grew to 13,880 citizens. This rapid growth necessitated a larger, more impressive courthouse. In 1864, the second DeKalb County Courthouse was However, the Auburn Automobile Company was by far the strongest of built on the town square.
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Rocket Circle 01 Janemailer
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F 521 148 VOL6 N02 - - - - VOLUME 6 No2 RECEIVED JUL 1 ;j 1994 S.S. TR Leviathan Captain Cunningham supervises the loading of the first Cord L-29 Phaeton to be shipped a broad by the Auburn Automobile Company. It was exported to European sales agent Coldwell S. Johnston in Paris in 1929. NG 9 9 4 �I Editors' Page 30J "The Car That Made Good in a Day": Stutz Motor �Made in Indiana Company of Indiana Paul Brockman William M. Gardner AS§� _!�j The Man from Kokomo: �Destination Indiana Elwood Haynes and the Ray Boomhower Origins of t e �utomobile Industry in Indiana 36J The Cord That Binds: Ralp/}D.G ray E. L. Cord and the Auburn Automobile Company • Lee Beck 42J Avanti: Sherwood Egbert's Ro�ed M. aylor Jr. Dream Car Patrick 1 Furlong � Carl G. Fisher: Front and back covers, Tlhe Hoosier Bar,num 47J Want to Buy a Hoosier t 9 3 2 Duesenberg SJ Speedster Ray Boomhower HUMMER? considered one of the best Patrick 1 Furlong �He's Gone on Ahead: American automobiles Harry Ostermann and 48J Contributors and ever built. the Lincoln Highway Further Reading AUBURN-CORIJ-DUESENBERG MUSEUM Peter T Harstad INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY BOARD OF TRUSTEES James]. Barnes, Crawfordsville Dianne]. Cartmel, Seymour William E. Ervin , Hartford City Ralph D. Gray, Indianapolis H. Roll McLaughlin, Carmel Ronald Morris, Greenwood Mary M. Mullin, Brookville Kathleen Stiso Mullins,South Bend Alan T. Nolan, Indianapolis, Chairman Larry K. Pitts, Indianapolis William G. Prime, Madison Evaline H. Rhodehamel, Indianapolis, Vice President RichardS. Simons, Marion, President John Martin Smith.
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