Autocar, 1901
date: label: date made
content: 1901
name: label: designer
content: Clarke, Louis S.
label: contributed
content: Firestone, Jr., Harvey S.
label: restoration
content: Rite-Way Auto Painters
label: restoration
content: White Motor Company
label: maker
content: Autocar Company
notes: label: Description
content: The Autocar was designed by Louis S. Clarke, president and engineer of the Autocar Company, in 1901. This automobile is believed to be the first shaft-driven car constructed in the United States. In November 1901, this car was driven from the factory in Ardmore, Pa., to the auto show in New York City's Madison Square Garden in just over six hours. The 1901 Autocar has a water-cooled shaft-driven two-cylinder horizontal-opposed engine with a selective sliding-gear transmission.
label: Description
content: The Autocar Company began life as the Pittsburg Motor Car Company in 1897. In 1899, the company moved to Ardmore, Pa., and changed its name to the Autocar Company. The Autocar Company began to make trucks as well as cars in 1907 and switched over to making trucks exclusively after 1911. In 1953, the White Motor Car Company bought a controlling interest in Autocar and moved the company to Exton, Pennsylvania. In the 1980s, Volvo bought the name, and the company changed hands again in 2001 with the purchase of the brand by the GVW Group. Since 2001 Autocar has produced heavy trucks for severe-service use.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: Pennsylvania
topic: label: Subject
content: Automobiles
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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 the Autocar Company, Ardmore, Pennsylvania
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TR.307257
label: catalog number
content: 307257
label: accession number
content: 68520
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Automobile
label: Other Terms
content: Automobile; Road; Autocar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: tires: 28 in x 3 in; 71.12 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: wheelbase: 66 1/2 in; x 168.91 cm
label: Measurements
content: tread: 56 in; x 142.24 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 61 in x 64 in x 102 1/2 in; 154.94 cm x 162.56 cm x 260.35 cm