Vehicle Description
This vehicle is being sold as Lot No. S52.
- First in Class at the 2010 Meadow Brook Concours d'Elegance
- Second in Class at the 2004 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
- Chassis No. 2376, Engine No. 2376
- Model 40 Type I Four Passenger Demi-Tonneau
- Freshly polished brass trim and brightwork
- The Model 40 featured a 40 HP four cylinder engine on a 123 inch wheelbase
- Owned by Walter McCarthy in the late 1960s
- Richard King acquired the car from Walter in the 1990s and restored it for the 2004 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance
- In 2007 a private collector acquired the car from Richard King
- The Model 40 Type I was the biggest and fastest that Locomobile produced during the early 1900s
- Locomobile was incorporated in 1899 when John Brisben Walker and Amzi Lorenzo Barber purchased the Stanley Brothers' steam car patents for $250,000 in cash
- In the early 20th Century, the Locomobile was one of the most expensive and elegant automobiles built in the US