Item Info
Item No: arcd05143
Title: Firestone-Columbus, Columbus Highwheeler - 1908
Media Type:
Photographic Prints
Source: Automobile Reference Collection
Notes: The Columbus Buggy Company, Columbus Ohio. Note on back of image: The highwheeler was built in Columbus, Ohio. The driver sat on the left side and steering was done by a tiller. The tiller was mounted at the end of the Dash. 1908 saw heavy competition in highwheelers with the Duer, Staver, Schacht, Kiblinger, Chase, Bugmobile, etc. It was made just that year and the firm turned to making a pneumatic tired standard automobile. At first I thought the car was a Chase – manufactured on West Street in Syracuse – but the Chase was a heavier car and having a 3-cylinder engine. The Firestone was aircooled of 10 HP with 2 cylinders. The cylinders are 4 x 4. It had a 75” wheelbase riding on 1⅜ hard tires. The Chase was more modern in that it had a steering wheel. The Firestone had the fancy looped fenders.
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