AUTOCAR GASOLINE AUTOMOBILE, 7 90 7 

 Gift of the Autocar Co. in 1922 (USNM 307257) 



This car (fig. 54), one of the first shaft-driven automo- 

 biles made in the United States, was designed by Louis S. 

 Clarke, vice president and consulting engineer of the 

 Autocar Co. in 1901. In November 1901 it was driven 

 from the factory in Ardmore, Pa., to the automobile show 

 at the old Madison Square Garden in New York City in 

 6 hours 5 minutes over frozen, rutty, country roads, a com- 

 mendable performance. 



The car has a 4-passenger body with a rear-entrance 

 tonneau (fig. 55), with the controls to the left of the driver's 

 seat. The upper of the two control handles which stand 

 at the driver's left hand is the steering control; the lower is 

 the gear shift. Between the body molding and the seat 

 cushion is a lever that operates the clutch. Twisting the 

 handle of this lever controls the carburetor throttle. Out- 

 side the body, to the driver's left, is a small handle for 

 adjusting the spark. 



Figure 54. — Autocar built in Ardmore, Pa., in late 1 90 1 , and restored in 1 956 

 by the Autocar Division of the White Motor Co. 



