Vehicle Description
This vehicle is being sold as Lot No. R557. - 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
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