History Templar Motorcars

Last Saturday (Nov. 1st, 2014), I attended a showing of a private collection of Templar Automobiles in Lakewood, Ohio. The collection actually resides in the building that was the original factory where they were ***embled. (Templar's were "***embled" cars.)
I have lived in Cleveland my entire life, and never knew about these. Many of the components were manufactured in the Cleveland area. At one time, Cleveland was bigger than Detroit. The gentleman who owns these cars was regaling a small crowd with interesting facts and information. Apparently, Cannonball Baker drove one of these coast-to-coast in 1920. He had to change the tires over 200 times! (This could explain why these cars had a built-in air compressor.)
A little digging on the internet will turn up more information on this footnote in automobile history.

 

On our recent trip to Novi,Michigan for the '54 Ford Club of America we were invited to tour 2 private collections and was very surprised to see some marks I had never heard of.

It's great that some enterprising collectors have saved and preserved these rare cars. HRP

 

WOW !! Check out the seating configuration inside of a coupe circa' 1921. Frekn' cool !!


Some of them even had foot operated/switched exhaust cut outs for "more power" situations. Now that, is neat as hell. I never heard of them before.

floor board heaters? tilt wheel ? chromed "era" Houk wire wheels ? fold down/front p***. seat stored under the dash ?

THANKS TOMATO MAN !! That's incredible.

http://www.carlustblog.com/2014/01/the-cars-of-templar-motor-corporation-1917-1924.html

 

Thanks for adding the link. Very cool. Mato

 

Cool thread Tomato head!
Not many realize that Cleveland an Indianapolis were once the top auto manufactures, that is prior to Henry and the Great Depresion.
Had heard of Templar due to my old Floyd Clymer books but had no idea so many still existed.