Off on an adventure with an amply-stocked Auburn

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These four men and their dogs seem ready to go on a journey, but to where? We don’t know, but we think we can safely say it’s in the USA and they do seem to have packed the car well. That does make one wonder what they are up to. Does anyone recognise any of the tools and equipment they have stowed away on board? Take note of the rifle with the man leaning on the steering wheel, and the tall lace-up boots of his companion. We do know, for a change, a bit about the vehicle itself: it’s a 1910 Auburn, so we are told, and probably a Model 40.

At the time, the Auburn Motor Company advertised the Model 40 as "The best car of its type on the market at any price" and also exclaimed “Quality and not quantity is what we strive for; what cars we do build will be built right.” The Model 40 advertisement of the time also described features such as "Four cylinders cast separately; five-bearing crank shaft; 36” wheels; pressed steel frame throughout; ‘I’ beam front axle; live rear axle; brakes positive and reliable with evener equalizers; Hess-Bright ball-bearings in the transmission; semi-elliptic front and full elliptic rear springs.”

The list went on with two side oil lamps, tail lamps, tools and magneto as standard equipment, and something we think worth especially noteworthy was that it was “Painted in a rich shade of dark blue with fine line gold stripe.” The mark of a more sophisticated car than plain old black!

Words: Jeroen Booij; picture: archive
 

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