International Harvester Auto-Buggy

Auto Buggy

Supplied with a pair of bench seats to carry four passengers it was powered by an engine set beneath the car's body, a two-cylinder horizontally opposed air cooled design that produced 18-20 horsepower. It had two forward gears and one reverse gear with a chain drive system to the large "high-wheel" wagon-style rubber-shod wheels at the back.[2] Its high wheels and wide stance gave it the stability and ground clearance to cope with poor roads. Accessories such as a canvas top were optional.[1]

Buyers found it tough and reliable. The many widespread International Harvester dealers made service easy to find.[1]

The Buggy was considered a car and in 1912 when IHC decided to stick just with trucks it was dropped.[1]

Late in 1908 a variant was announced with a single bench seat mounted on a well-sided tray in place of the Buggy's automobile-styled body. A second bench seat could be mounted on the Wagon's tray still leaving a very short tray available behind it. IHC's first true truck it was tagged their Model A from 1908 to 1911. There was a wide-track version tagged Model B. Auto Wagon sales in 1909 led the embryo light truck market.[1]

In fact the Wagon had the same chassis and the Wagon seat and tray combination could be put straight onto a Buggy chassis.[1]

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  Auto Wagon
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  Auto Wagon with tray one bench seat and hood
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  1912 Auto Wagon two bench seats and tray
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  Auto Wagon two bench seats and short tray
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  Auto Wagon with three bench seats

1907 to 1911 Model AA (air-cooled)

1907 to 1911 Model AW (water-cooled)

1912 to 1917 Model MA (air-cooled) load 800 lbs

or Model MW (water-cooled)

or Model MAX (air-cooled and wide-track)[1]

The range of bodies available included: pickup, delivery, stake-type, panel delivery, and bus. Some became fire trucks.

Pneumatic tires became an option.

1915 to 1917 Model M ½-ton load 1000 lbs

1915 to 1917 Model E ¾-ton load 1500 lbs[1]

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  1912 Auto Wagon cranking
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  Chain drive
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  1914 MW

Announced in 1915 full production of the Auto Wagon replacement began in 1917. Quite different in appearance it had a sloping "coffin-nose" and more important it was a water-cooled four-cylinder without chain-drive and it had low wheels and either solid or pneumatic tires.