1913 Hupmobile Model 32 Tourer

Engine Type

4-cylinder side valve mono bloc with thermos syphon cooling

Details of fuel & ignition system

Gravity fed from a scuttle mounted fuel tank to a Zenith carburettor with a Bosch magneto

Transmission

3-speed with multiplate clutch with torque tube to differential

How did you acquire the vehicle?

Purchased sight unseen (after some research) on 26/9/2015 from the late Father Tom Sheeran’s Car auction in Toowoomba.

Brief known history of the vehicle

None known.

What do you like & dislike about your car?

I like the recent addition of an electric starter motor fitted between the chassis in font of the radiator and also the electric light indicators. I dislike the way it drives like a truck.

Fun facts or any other details you’d like to include?

Always easily recognised as a Hupmobile with its distinctly high mounted head lights.