Owner: Richard C. Paine, Jr. Automobile Charitable Trust
Manufacturer: Knox Automobile Company (Springfield, Massachusetts ,1900-1914)
Model: C
Bodystyle: Runabout
Cost New: $1200
Engine: One-cylinder air cooled
Horsepower: 8
Transmission: Planetary
Wheelbase: 72
Brakes: Mechanical on transmission
Suspension: Longitudinal leaf springs
Additional info: These cars were known as the Knox Waterless, or more familiarly as the “Old Porcupine,” from the fact that air cooling was by means of 2-inch pins screwed into cylinder jackets instead of the more common pins. The company slogan was “the Car That Never Drinks.”
