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1907 INTERNATIONAL HIGHWHEELER
Chassis No. 577A
Black with black leather interior.
Engine: two cylinder; Suspension: full-elliptic springs. Right hand drive.
The Highwheeler type automobile grew from a demand in the rural United States for an inexpensive horseless carriage. These buggy like cars were the result, having tall carriage style wheels with hard rubber tires which were well suited for the slow moving rough road conditions of the time. These vehicles were often designed and used for utilitarian purposes, unlike many of the expensive touring cars in that era. The mass produced Model T Ford would prove far superior in design, reliability and versatility to the Highwheelers at approximately the same cost. This eventually caused their demise.
This car was made by International Harvester Company of Chicago, Illinois. Though the company built its first experimental motor buggy in 1899, it did not produce its first automotive car until 1907. In February of the same year the first production International Highwheeler was completed at McCormick Works in Chicago. After the first 100 units were built the company moved the production to Akron, Ohio were they resumed building some 4,500 Highwheelers.
The current owner purchased the Highwheeler in 1985 from the Estate of Dean Spenser, a Seattle collector and restorer. Mr. Spenser was nearly finished restoring this automobile at the time of his death. The current owner states that the International's engine, which is only partially assembled, may require machine work.
WITHOUT RESERVE
Chassis No. 577A
Black with black leather interior.
Engine: two cylinder; Suspension: full-elliptic springs. Right hand drive.
The Highwheeler type automobile grew from a demand in the rural United States for an inexpensive horseless carriage. These buggy like cars were the result, having tall carriage style wheels with hard rubber tires which were well suited for the slow moving rough road conditions of the time. These vehicles were often designed and used for utilitarian purposes, unlike many of the expensive touring cars in that era. The mass produced Model T Ford would prove far superior in design, reliability and versatility to the Highwheelers at approximately the same cost. This eventually caused their demise.
This car was made by International Harvester Company of Chicago, Illinois. Though the company built its first experimental motor buggy in 1899, it did not produce its first automotive car until 1907. In February of the same year the first production International Highwheeler was completed at McCormick Works in Chicago. After the first 100 units were built the company moved the production to Akron, Ohio were they resumed building some 4,500 Highwheelers.
The current owner purchased the Highwheeler in 1985 from the Estate of Dean Spenser, a Seattle collector and restorer. Mr. Spenser was nearly finished restoring this automobile at the time of his death. The current owner states that the International's engine, which is only partially assembled, may require machine work.
WITHOUT RESERVE