Owner: Richard C. Paine, Jr. Automobile Charitable Trust
Manufacturer: White Motor Company (Cleveland, Ohio)
Model: Style MM
Bodystyle: Pullman Touring
Number produced: 1408
Engine: MM41 compound steam engine
Horsepower: 40
Wheelbase: 121
Brakes: Service/foot brake is external-contracting band; handbrake/emergency is internal-expanding
Suspension: Leaf springs on all 4 corners. As heavily sprung as a fire engine
Special features: Generator, sometimes incorrectly called a “boiler”
Additional info: The White uses a more advanced technology than the basic steam technology of the Stanley steam cars. It operates more like an internal combustion power plant with the advantages of both gas and steam-internal and external. Unlike the direct drive of the Stanley vehicles, it has a differential and drive shaft. On July 4, 1910, boxer Jack Johnson (The Galveston Giant) defeated James Jeffries (The Boilermaker) to become the first African American Heavyweight Champion of the World. Both trained using 1910 White vehicles as their pace cars. Jeffries used a steam car; Johnson, the gasoline model. The fight was referred to as the “Battle of the Century.”
