Tourer
Indianapolis was home to the Premier Motor Company, which began car manufacturing at the start of the golden age of American brass car production. This Premier 4-40 has a 40-horsepower engine paired with a three-speed gearbox. It has correct acetylene headlamps fitted and a wonderful device that lets the driver whistle with a blow from the exhaust pipe - an unusual device for the period.
The Indianapolis, Indiana-based Premier Motor Manufacturing Company produced automobiles from 1903 through 1926. The cars they produced were often out of financial reach for most consumers. Their cars were attractive and imposing. Their first engine was an air-cooled four-cylinder unit that produced 16 horsepower. Though this may not seem very much, it was for its time and was able to carry the elegant vehicles on the rough roadways that were still in various stages of evolution.
by Dan Vaughan