1907 Holsman

  • Owner: Richard C. Paine, Jr. Automobile Charitable Trust
  • Manufacturer: Holsman Automobile Company (Chicago, Illinois, 1902-1010)
  • Model: #11 Surrey
  • Bodystyle: Touring Runabaout
  • Cost New: $650
  • Engine: Opposed two-cylinder
  • Transmission: Direct drive
  • Brakes: Mechanical on rear wheels
  • Suspension: Longitudinal semi-elliptical leaf springs, solid axles
  • Special features: Tillers and solid rubber tires on immense buggy wheels put rural farmers in control of buggies. The tall wheels fitted neatly in the ruts of a century’s progress across the Great Plains.
  • Additional info: A buggy with a gasoline engine, the Holsman high-wheeler looked, rode and operated like a “horseless carriage”. Henry Holsman eschewed mechanical advances to the point that his high-wheeler drove the rear wheels with tensioned manila rope loops. More remarkable, he stayed with manila, only graduating to grippers on them and then chains long after competitors were recognizing the advantages of the shafts and gears.

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