quasi Report This Comment Date: May 20, 2011 03:26AM
Ever since I first saw the TV show “The Bearcats” almost 40 years ago
I’ve wanted to drive one of these. Like a king sized go-kart it seemed to me
and was one of the preeminent sports cars of it’s time, before the term sports
car was even invented. Almost 100 years ago it would top out at about the speed
limit on today’s interstate highways and must’ve been quite a thrill riding
out in the open like that at twice the speed of most other autos on the
primitive roads of the time. The Bearcat's biggest rival was the Mercer
Raceabout, a similar looking car though much smaller but about as fast. Stutz
fans would say, "There's nothing worser than a Mercer," while Mercer
fans claimed, "You've gotta be nuts to drive a Stutz."
Hp Report This Comment Date: May 20, 2011 07:56AM
Good to see all the controls on the 'right' side of the car!
quasi Report This Comment Date: May 20, 2011 11:11AM
Nothing's perfect.
rogerramjet_2003 Report This Comment Date: June 19, 2011 03:02PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stutz_Bearcat
Stutz Bearcat
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1914 Stutz Bearcat
The Stutz Bearcat was a well-known American sports car of the pre and post World
War One period.
Essentially, the Bearcats were a shorter (120" wheelbase vs 130"
, lighter version of the standard Stutz
passenger cars chassis. It was originally powered by a 390 in³, 60 horsepower
straight-4 engine produced by the Wisconsin Motor Company. Common with racing
and sports cars of the period, it featured minimal bodywork consisting of a
"dog house" hood, open bucket seats, a tiny "monocle"
windscreen in front of the driver, and a cylindrical fuel tank on a short rear
deck. Production Bearcats differed from the factory "White Squadron"
racers by having fenders, lights and a trunk. Factory literature from 1913
describes the Bearcat as "The Stutz Bearcat, designed to meet the needs of
the customer desiring a car built along the lines of a racing car with a
slightly higher gear ratio than our normal torpedo roadster, has met with great
favor with motor car owners and meets the demand for a car of this class."
