1910 Premier Touring - Extremely Rare Car!

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Like many automotive companies of its era, he Premier Company believed in racing to improve the brand. The company entered an air-cooled machine in the Vanderbilt Cup Race, ut was disqualified for being 60 pounds overweight. They did run three entries in the 1916 Indianapolis 500 race, nd did receive a perfect score in three consecutive Glidden Reliability tours. This particular example is a 40hp Premier with open front bodywork, full complement of polished brass, two-man top, arge wheels, nd a hearty T-head engine. It wears an older restoration that has held up remarkably well. The upholstery is the correct grained leather with stiff horsehair stuffing, he paint has the proper sheen and color combination and the top material is the correct grained vinyl. It is fitted with an electric starter.  It is one of a handful at best in existence.

We have many more photographs of this car, lease click on any image to be taken to our full-size image list! The Premier Motor Manufacturing Company was organized in 1903 by George A. Weidely and Harold O. Smith in Indianapolis.  The company initially built automobiles with air-cooled engines.  A 1903 Premier is on display in the Speedway Museum in Indianapolis and a 1918 Premier is on display at Space Farms Zoo & Museum in New Jersey. A1916 Premier is on display at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum. The Premier was one of the best-built American automobiles of the pre-World War I era. By 1910, hen this automobile was built, he Premier had completed three Glidden Tours (essentially, ndurance runs) with perfect scores - a significant accomplishment. By 1910, remier offered two models including a 60 horsepower six-cylinder model and a 40HP four. The 40HP model featured a T-head engine, our-speed transmission and a shaft drive rear axle. Selling for $2,500, he Premier was available as either a roadster or a tourer. Our Ebay Policies: Significant Cars is one of the largest Collector Car Brokers and Dealers in the Country.  Since 2003 we have worked hard to "change the way collector cars find new homes" by providing unparralleled web presentation of the cars we are representing.  Most of our cars have over 30 photographs, nd these can be viewed by visiting our website (our eBay handle dot com), r by clicking on any of the photographs in the black background area of our EBay listings.  We welcome your call with any questions about any of our listings at anytime at 800-837-9902 and certainly encourage your personal inspection of any of the cars we are selling-just call us and we will be happy to set up an appointment for your to see and test drive the car. We realize that eBay is a difficult venue to properly evaluate an item as complex as an automobile.  You can feel secure bidding with confidence on any of our cars since we guarantee your satisfaction!  Should you win the auction and come to see the car and decide you do not want it for any reason, o negative feedback will result, ny deposit you may have paid will be cheerfully refunded. Description images and copy © Significant Cars, nc.