International Harvester Auto-Buggy

Supplied with a pair of bench seats to carry four passengers, it was powered by an engine set beneath the car's body, a two-cylinder, horizontally opposed, air cooled design that produced 18-20 horsepower. It had two forward gears and one reverse gear with a chain-drive system to the large "high-wheel", wagon-style, rubber-shod wheels at the back. Its high wheels and wide stance gave it the stability and ground clearance to cope with poor roads. Accessories such as a canvas top were optional. Buyers found it tough and reliable. The many widespread International Harvester dealers made service easy to find. The Buggy was considered a car, so in 1912, when IHC decided to market just trucks, it was dropped. == Auto Wagon ==

Late in 1908, a variant was announced with a single bench seat mounted on a well-sided tray in place of the Buggy's automobile-styled body. A second bench seat could be mounted on the Wagon's tray, still leaving a very short tray available behind it. IHC's first true truck, it was tagged their Model A from 1908 to 1911. A wide-track version was tagged Model B. Auto Wagon sales in 1909 led the emerging light-truck market. In fact, the Wagon had the same chassis and the Wagon seat and tray combination could be put straight onto a Buggy chassis. Vintage International Harvester Auto Buggy (5043226321) (cropped).jpg|Auto Wagon 1909 International Harvester Model AW in the UMMC museum (2026-02-28) - 0 2.jpg|1909 Auto Wagon Model AW (water-cooled) 1911 International Wagon.JPG|Auto Wagon with tray one bench seat and hood 1912 International Auto Wagon (5754925849).jpg|A 1912 Auto Wagon two bench seats and tray San Diego, 2016 - 533 (cropped).jpg|Auto Wagon two bench seats and short tray IHC on Finish Line NLNB Antique Car Run New Brighton (14869515231) (cropped).jpg|Auto Wagon with three bench seats :1907 to 1911 Model AA (air-cooled) :1907 to 1911 Model AW (water-cooled) :1912 to 1917 Model MA (air-cooled) load 800 lbs :or Model MW (water-cooled) :or Model MAX (air-cooled and wide-track) The range of bodies available included pickup, delivery, stake-type, panel delivery, and bus. Some became fire trucks. :Pneumatic tires became an option. :1915 to 1917 Model M ½-ton load 1000 lbs :1915 to 1917 Model E ¾-ton load 1500 lbs 1912 International Auto Wagon Crank Starting (5754915951).jpg|1912 Auto Wagon cranking 1913 International Drive Train (3803672737).jpg|Chain drive 1914 International MW (20772915923).jpg|1914 MW ==Replaced by Model F==

Announced in 1915, full production of the Auto Wagon replacement began in 1917. Quite different in appearance, it had a sloping "coffin-nose", and more importantly, it was a water-cooled four-cylinder without chain drive, and it had low wheels and either solid or pneumatic tires. == See also ==