The Pope-Toledo was the

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of the Pope Motor Car Company founded by Colonel Albert A. Pope, and was a manufacturer of

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s in

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between 1903 and 1909. The Pope-Toledo was the successor to the Toledo of the International Motor Car Company.

History

The 1903 Pope-Toledo was a four-wheel, front-engined, two-seater open car. It was powered by a straight 3

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182 cubic inch (2983 cc) engine with the then unusual feature of a detachable

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operation was mechanical and the engine speed was governed at 600

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. Drive was through a 3-speed

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with chains to each rear wheel. The chassis was mainly wood with a steel sub-frame carrying the main mechanical components. The car had a wheelbase of and a track of . It was entered in the first

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(1904), but lost its steering and hit a tree. The 1904 model was a larger

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. Equipped with a rear entrance

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body, it could seat 5 passengers and sold for $3,500, . The vertically mounted water-cooled straight-4, situated at the front of the car, produced 24 hp (17.9 kW). A 3-speed sliding transmission was fitted. The channel steel-framed car weighed 2350 lb (1066 kg). This modern '' Système Panhard'' car had spark and

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levers on steering wheel, a novelty at the time. In 1905, a Pope-Toledo owned by C. Edward Born was driven 828.5 miles before a crowd of 15,000 to win the world's first 24-hour endurance race in Columbus, Ohio. Piloted by brothers George and Charles Soules, the car was protested by runners up as being a special factory-owned "ringer". This protest was rejected by the Columbus Driving Park officials. In 1908, Bobby Sheldon brought a 1906 Pope-Toledo down the Yukon to Fairbanks, the first car brought to Alaska. By 1907 the company models included limousines and seven seat cars. In 1909 the company was taken over by Richard D. Apperson of the American National Bank of Lynchburg, Virginia (and no relation to

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of Kokomo). The Apperson deal failed and the Pope Motor Car Company receivers sold the factory to Overland.

Gallery

File:Pope-Toledo 1904 Rear-Entrance-Tonneau on London to Brighton VCR 2008 (2997444072).jpg, 1904 Pope-Toledo Model Rear Entrance Tonneau File:Concours d'Elegance (20452262578).jpg, 1904 Pope-Toledo Type IV File:Year book - photo flashes showing Toledo's phenomenal progress, thriving industries and wonderful resources - DPLA - ac95c5ef8efd2394c21e2b6edcd01d94 (page 18).jpg, 1904 Pope-Toledo Factory File:1905 Pope-Toledo Model VII (16572180888).jpg, 1905 Pope-Toledo Model VII advertisement File:Herbert Lytle on a Pope-Toledo - 1905 Gordon Bennett Cup.jpg, 1905 Pope-Toledo with driver Herbert Lytle for the Gordon Bennett Cup File:1906 Pope-Toledo with poodle - Flickr - rich701.jpg, 1906 Pope-Toledo Model VI File:Gustaf Ericssons Automobil 9.jpg, 1906 Pope-Toledo VI - Gustaf Ericsson File:Stahls Automotive Collection December 2021 028 (1907 Pope-Toledo Type XV Touring).jpg, 1907 Pope-Toledo Model VII

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