Awesome piece of motoring history featuring a rare, factory 3-speedtransaxle! Outstanding Gentleman's Speedster designed while inEngland with original 30 horsepower engine, gorgeous brassappointments, and perfect running operation! Act quickly! InDetroit in 1908, three men founded a company to build their owncars; Barney Everett, a man who had made a fortune building carbodies; William Metzger, a super-salesman for Cadillac; and WalterFlanders, who had been Ford production manager. Their name becamesimply E-M-F Company and the production car was introduced in 1909and sold through established Studebaker dealerships, called theModel 30 matching the horsepower output. It would be considered amedium priced, mass produced vehicle that was a notch above thepopular Ford leading the country in sales. Soon after, Everett andMetzger had left the company by 1909 in a huff to build theEverett, leaving Flanders to continue building the E-M-F Model 30,while he tried to build his own car, a Flanders 20. But,surprisingly, the E-M-F was the second best-selling automobile by1911 right behind the Ford, and ahead of the Cadillac, Buick,Overland, and many others. The separation of its founders, butlevel of superior production, didn't go unnoticed by Studebaker,who elected to buy the E-M-F franchise in 1910, and changed thename officially to their own in 1913. Offered here is a 1911 E-M-FModel 30 Gentleman's Speedster finished in Cream White with Redaccent stripping and matching Red wood spoke wheels. Likelybeginning life as a Touring model, this car made its way to Englandand later converted to a sportier, lighter Speedster in properfashion! Maintaining the original chassis, 226.2ci L-head4-cylinder engine, and very unique 3-speed manual rear transaxlewith a perfectly street worthy 3.50:1 axle, it was shed ofunnecessary body weight. Adding custom leather bucket seats fortwo, fuel tank, storage boxes, and the required lighting for nighttravel, this gorgeous Speedster is truly a piece of vintageautomobile art! Being unique only to itself, this one-off examplewill forever be a testament of a simpler motoring time long passedby when drivers could easily personalize their car for sportingevents, touring, and even racing. Believed to have been convertedin England, the beautiful brass lighting provided for the H&Bside markers, and the rear Powell & Hanmer LTD (P&H) tail lampsare both born in England and remain acetylene. The RushmoreLens-Mirror Searchlight headlamps born in Plainfield, NJ butdistributed through London have been converted to electricillumination. Additional features include original E-M-F/BoyceMotometer, radiator guard, rope-wrapped suspension springs,passenger assist handle, running board step plate, rear-mountedspare, Pyrene fire extinguisher, Stewart speedometer, Rotothermtemp gauge, brass hand horn, and Smith & Sons rearview mirror. Mostrecently part of the A-Z Collection owned by John Moir in Chocorua,NH, it remains a splendid running and driving unit under his care!It recently received fresh spark plugs, cloth covered plug wires,and new battery for easy starts! A remarkable car to hand startwith ease, and even better to experience on the road! The superunique rear transaxle is rare for the period, but allows forwonderful gear engagement and seamless power from the engine to theground. We encourage visual inspections, and will be happy toanswer any questions about the condition. Eligible for AACA, HCCA,and VMCCA events. Thanks for looking!