Sears Model P Light Delivery Car, 1911
date: label: date made
content: 1911
name: label: maker
content: Sears
notes: label: Description
content: This Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Model P sold for $445 in 1911 and bears serial number 2785. The Model P originally had a removable rear seat so it could serve as a four-passenger motor surrey, but the museum's car would have served as a light-delivery wagon. This Model P was donated to the museum in 1965 by Truly Nolen from Tucson, Ariz. Nolen painted the name of his extermination company on the truck's side and used it as a mobile advertisement.
label: Description
content: This vehicle has a two-cylinder, opposed, air-cooled engine and is rated at 14 horsepower. Internal parts are lubricated by a mechanical force-feed oiler in combination with a splash system. The finned cylinder castings are cooled by twin fans. There is a tiller for steering. There are two small levers on the steering column that control the carburetor and the spark. A six-gallon gas tank under the seat supposedly held enough gasoline for 150 miles of travel. A pair of oil side-lamps serve as headlights. The wooden-spoke wheels carry 38 by 2 inch solid rubber tires.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Arizona
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: America on the Move
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content: Automobiles
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content: Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. Truly Nolen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.325991
label: catalog number
content: 325991
label: accession number
content: 256032
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Automobile
label: Other Terms
content: Automobile; Road; Motor Wagon
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 ft x 5 3/16 ft x 10 5/16 ft; 1.6764 m x 1.57277 m x 3.14858 m
label: Measurements
content: overall: 65 in x 62 3/4 in x 123 in; 165.1 cm x 159.385 cm x 312.42 cm