Vehicle Description
To be OFFERED AT AUCTION WITHOUT RESERVE at Auctions America's Fort
Lauderdale event, March 31-2, 2017.
Chassis No.
WN70557268
Estimate:
$ 15,000 - $ 25,000 US
Produced in Utica, New York from 1903 to 1905, the Buckmobile was
introduced at the New York Automobile Show at Madison Square Garden
in January 1903. The New York Sun newspaper related that the
Buckmobile was considered a sensation. Its builders forwarded the
idea that its "peculiar buckboard design" was responsible for a
wonderful ride. The Sunset Avenue factory in Utica initially had
the capacity to produce two cars per week, but the warm reception
the car received at the New York show indicated an expansion was
called for. By September, plant expectations and additions raised
the capacity to a car a day, but the Buckmobile team had
overextended themselves and never recovered.
This 1903 Buckmobile Model D Runabout Replica is truly an excellent
recreation of the early automobile. The right-hand drive Buckmobile
is powered by a single-cylinder, 15-hp engine; it has a tufted
single bench-style seat, wood spoke wheels, blackwall tires and
brass accents with the wheel center caps, radiator shell, side-seat
grab bars, cowllights and headlights. A storage box appears to be
mounted behind the seat.
