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Imperial War Museum | Duxford, Cambridgeshire
Viewing: Tues 8th April from 12pm
Auction: Wed 9th April from 9am
Location: IWM Duxford Airfield, Cambridge CB22 4QR
1904 Pope-Tribune 7hp Model II Two-Seater Runabout
No Reserve
Registration No: TAR 904
Chassis No: 120
MOT: Exempt
Veteran Car Club Dated and complete with Dating Certificate
A once-regular runner in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run
Simple to operate with a conventional three pedal layout
Charming history file complete with a buff log book dating back to 1954
Offered with moulds for casting of a new cylinder
American Civil War veteran Colonel Albert Pope had created his bicycle-building 'Empire' in the 1880s and it was a natural progression to enter the automobile business, first with Columbia electric vehicles from 1897, followed by five other Pope makes, the best known of which are probably the Pope-Hartford and the Pope-Toledo - these names reflecting the location of the factories and made by the Pope Manufacturing Co. and the Pope Motor Co. respectively. Also made by the Manufacturing Co., at a factory in Hagerstown, Maryland, was the Pope-Tribune, a small car that took cues from European marques. It was introduced early in 1904 and production continued for two years, with steady developments to the specification. The initial examples had a 6hp engine with a water-cooled cylinder-head and an air-cooled barrel, rear-mounted gearbox, braking only on the transmission, and a De Dion-style 'coal-scuttle' engine cover. Towards the end of the year a fully water-cooled larger engine became standard encased in a more modern bonnet and the radiator was moved out forward of the chassis. The gearbox was relocated to a central position, necessitating placing the gearlever on the right to join a handbrake lever required for rear-wheel brakes that became a standard fitment. This was catalogued as the 'Improved' Model II.
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