Pope-Toledo
The Pope Motor Car Company was an American automobile manufacturer in Toledo ( Ohio) was a resident from 1903 to 1909. She introduced automobiles in America under the name of Pope- Toledo. Also part of the company was the Waverley Department manufacturing plants in Indianapolis (Indiana), where they built electric vehicles under the name of Pope- Waverley. The company of Colonel Albert A. Pope was founded in 1909 it was taken over by Richard D. Apperson of the American National Bank in Lynchburg (Virginia) and then resold the works at Overland.
Pope- Toledo was the most expensive brand of Pope empire. It was the successor to the products manufactured by the International Motor Car Company of Toledo.
The 1903 model offered was an open two-seater with four wheels and front engine. It was powered by a series of three-cylinder engine with 2983 cc capacity, which - unusually for that time - had a detachable cylinder head. The valves were controlled side and the speed was limited at 600 min -1. The engine power was passed through a three- speed gearbox and one chain to the rear wheels. The car had a mainly consisting of wood frame which was combined with a steel subframe, which was the most important mechanical components. The wheelbase was 2261 mm and the track 1422 mm.
The model of 1904 was a major touring car. He had a tonneau-shaped building with a rear entrance, offered five people and cost U.S. $ 3500, -. The front vertical installed four-cylinder inline engine developed 24 bhp ( 17.6 kW ) and there was a three-speed spur gear. Equipped with a steel frame made of box profiles car weighed 1066 kg. The modern rear-wheel drive car had ignition lever for adjustment and gas in the steering wheel, then a novelty.
In 1907 there were sedans and touring car with seven seats.