1909 Ihc is a photograph by Lynn Sprowl which was uploaded on September 16th, 2014.
Title
1909 Ihc
Artist
Lynn Sprowl
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
1909 IHC Hi-Wheeler Auto Buggy
The high wheeler was an early car body style virtually unique to the US.
It is typified by large-diameter slender wheels, frequently with solid rubber tires, to provide ample ground clearance on the primitive roads predominant at the turn of the 20th century. For the same reason, it usually had a wider track than normal automobiles.High wheelers were derived from horse-drawn wagons and often were conversions of these. So, they shared many details like similar wood-spoke wheels, suspensions or, often, the boxy wooden bodies. These cars were available in many body styles; most usual were utility vehicles and runabouts/roadsters, some also with detachable tonneaus. Sometimes, 2-seaters were also called Buggy. Before gasoline engines became widely available, high wheelers were powered by electric motors or steam engines. The decline of the high wheeler began when standard automobiles became more sophisticated and inexpensive. The end came with the popularity of the Ford Model T, which adopted the wide track for the same reason as the high wheelers did. The last ones were built around 1910.
Uploaded
September 16th, 2014
