Motor car at Bo'ness

Maker
Unknown
Production date
Circa 1910
 Description
View of an early open motor car. The mudguards are separate from the engine bonnet. The lights are acetylene gas or oil and are located by the windshield. It has elliptical leaf spring suspension at the front. Annotated on reverse of donated print "I wish all the tyres were solid like the front ones. Men cutting the grass in the Wynd Cemetery pause to look at the labour with a hand pump"
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Object detail

Department
Photo
Maker
Production date
Circa 1910
Subject place
Church Wynd/Bo'ness town centre/Bo'ness area
Subject notes
The front tyres are solid, but the driver has had to take off his jacket to pump up a rear tyre. Three gardeners look on. Solid rubber tyres had the advantage of avoiding the frequent problem of punctures, but gave a less comfortable ride. Many cars had pneumatic tyres on all wheels by 1910.

See "Bo'ness in Old Picture Postcards" by William F Hendrie
Accession number
P18098

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