Object Details
- Sears
- Description
- This Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Model P sold for $445 in 1911 and bears serial number 2785. The Model P originally had a removable rear seat so it could serve as a four-passenger motor surrey, but the museum's car would have served as a light-delivery wagon. This Model P was donated to the museum in 1965 by Truly Nolen from Tucson, Ariz. Nolen painted the name of his extermination company on the truck's side and used it as a mobile advertisement.
- This vehicle has a two-cylinder, opposed, air-cooled engine and is rated at 14 horsepower. Internal parts are lubricated by a mechanical force-feed oiler in combination with a splash system. The finned cylinder castings are cooled by twin fans. There is a tiller for steering. There are two small levers on the steering column that control the carburetor and the spark. A six-gallon gas tank under the seat supposedly held enough gasoline for 150 miles of travel. A pair of oil side-lamps serve as headlights. The wooden-spoke wheels carry 38 by 2 inch solid rubber tires.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. Truly Nolen
- 1911
- ID Number
- TR.325991
- catalog number
- 325991
- accession number
- 256032
- Object Name
- Automobile
- Other Terms
- Automobile; Road; Motor Wagon
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/2 ft x 5 3/16 ft x 10 5/16 ft; 1.6764 m x 1.57277 m x 3.14858 m
- overall: 65 in x 62 3/4 in x 123 in; 165.1 cm x 159.385 cm x 312.42 cm
- Associated Place
- United States: Arizona
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
- America on the Move
- Automobiles
- Transportation
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_843008
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-8ab2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
