1908 International Harvester
- Engine: two cylinder
- Suspension: full-elliptic springs
- Right hand drive.
The Highwheeler type automobile grew from a demand in the rural United States for an inexpensive horseless carriage. These buggy like cars were the result, having tall carriage style wheels with hard rubber tires which were well suited for the slow moving rough road conditions of the time. These vehicles were often designed and used for utilitarian purposes, unlike many of the expensive touring cars in that era. The mass produced Model T Ford were much more common than the Highwheelers at approximately the same cost. The highwheeler was a more reliable vehicle but marketing was a problem for International.
This car was made by International Harvester Company of Chicago, Illinois. Though the company built its first experimental motor buggy in 1899, it did not produce its first automotive car until 1907. In February of the same year the first production International Highwheeler was completed at McCormick Works in Chicago. Only the first 100 units were built the company moved the production to Akron, Ohio were they resumed building some 4,500 Highwheelers. This is one of the very few surviving Chicago cars built carrying serial number 962, it is one of only three known Chicago built cars to still survive today and is likely the latest car built in Chicago that still survives.
