page_title: Lambert (automobile)
section_title: 1908 Model 18 runabout
hierarchical_section_title: Lambert (automobile) / Lambert automobiles / 1908 Model 18 runabout
caption_attribution_description: English: 1908 Lambert automobile model 18 runabout
context_page_description: The Lambert automobile and Lambert truck were built by the Lambert Automobile Company as an American vehicle from 1905 through 1916. The Lambert automobile motor in the early part of manufacturing moved around on the chassis. It was on the back of the chassis, then in the center, then to the front, and back again to the rear of the automobile. The early motors were built at the Lambert factories of the Buckeye Manufacturing Company and later they were outsourced to other proprietary manufactures.
context_section_description: The 1908 Lambert model 18 runabout came with a wheelbase of 95 inches (2,400 mm), gauge 56 inches (1,400 mm). It was a 2-passenger automobile. The wheels were 30 inches (760 mm) in diameter by 3.5 inches (89 mm) wide. It weighed 2300 pounds and cost $800, including two oil lamps, mats, horn, and tools. The motor was a pair of opposed cylinders 6 X 4, set over the rear axle of the vehicle. It came with a friction disk drive, side chains to the rear wheels.
caption: 1908 Lambert model 18 runabout
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