1908 Sears Model J Autobuggy Runabout

The fall 1908 catalogue included, for the first time, an automobile: The Sears Motor Buggy. The initial run of Sears Motor Buggies were built in the Hercules Buggy plant in Evansville, Indiana. In the initial production year the Sears was offered only as a solid-tired runabout. But starting in 1910 Sears offered 5 different models of the automobile. The truth of the matter is that they were all basically the same car with different amenities such as a top, storm front, fenders, three oil burning lamps, horn, Timken roller bearing axles and solid rubber tires. A two-cylinder opposed 10 horsepower air cooled engine provided a maximum speed of 25 mph. Starting price for the Motor Buggy was $395.00. The current owner found the car in 2005 in a barn where it had been sitting since 1937.