Da Vinci "Pup" cyclecar
View of a Da Vinci "Pup" cyclecar, designed by James Scripps Booth. Typed on back: "Subject: Da Vinci 'Pup,' 1929. Collection: MS10/James Scripps Booth Collection. Date: 1935. Location: Detroit, Mich. (at Terminal Avenue shop) Source: John M. Booth. I.D.: As above, car designed 1921, built 1929, by James S. Booth, three-quarter right rear view." Handwritten on back: "The Da Vinci 'Pup' cyclecar, designed and built by James Scripps Booth, 1929. 4 cyl. all aluminum, water cooled OHC, OHV, 6000 rpm. Wheelbase 104, tread 40', weight 1150. Speed 90 mph. Driver in rear balances weight of engine in front. Industrial rubber vec belt drive. Aluminum body and laminated wood chassis frame in one piece. Special throughout, cost to construct $30,000.00."
- Creator:
- Spencer & Wyckoff
- Resource ID:
- na040952
- Subject:
- Cyclecars
- Booth, James Scripps, 1888-1954
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1935
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- MS10/James Scripps Booth Collection, Folder 9, Da Vinci "Pup" automobile, 1929
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.