Idaho Chariots

10/11/2026

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10/10/2026

All Idaho Chariot Members are encouraged to attend this event. Decorate for Halloween and bring CANDY for the KIDDIES. THAT WILL BE SATURDAY NIGHT. PLEASE LET STEVE OR BOB Robert D Austin Jr KNOW IF YOU WILL BE THERE. THE MORE THE MERRIER. Comment on this post if you can make it.

10/10/2026

Saturday October 10---at Owyhee County Museum for United Street RODS of Idaho annual meeting. 11 am. After the meeting, Eriks Garsvo the Museum director took the group on a nice guided tour of the Museum, there are many incredible collections that we observed.

10/06/2026

An article by Fred H. Deusch on the Senior Times Website about Rhode Island automobile manufacturers notes that the "best known company to manufacture automobiles in Rhode Island was the American Locomotive Company"! "Between 1905 and 1908 their car, built under license from a French company, was known as the American Berliet. By 1909, the company wanted to build its own bigger and better car. The new car was called the Alco. Both in 1909 and 1910, Harry Grant won the Vanderbilt Cup Race driving an Alco." Duh! I knew that! "The Alco was such a fine car that it took no less than 19 months to build each one. All kinds of body styles were available as well as chassis for custom coach builders. The engine in the Alco was huge. The four cylinder engine displaced 453 cubic inches while the 6 cylinder displaced 579 cubic inches." "By early 1900's standards, only the very wealthy could afford an Alco. An ALCO even won early Vanderbilt Cup races{*}. Prices ranged from $6,000 to $7,500. At the end of 1913, American Locomotive announced the end of auto production. Even though the company had gross earnings of $34 million, not one cent of profit came from its automobiles. In fact, the company lost an average of $460 on each of the 5,000 cars it built. Most of the loss on each car was not due to manufacturing costs. Any time a purchasing agent would come in to buy locomotives, the company would give him a car as an inducement to buy their locomotives. So they stopped producing cars and went back to building just locomotives." "JUST"?

* - Henry Fortune ("Harry") Grant, with mechanic Frank H. Lee, in the "Bête Noire" (Black Beast), won the 5th Cup race on 30 Oct 1909 at 62.81mph and the 6th on 01 Oct 1910 at 65.18mph.

10/03/2026

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09/27/2026

09/27/2026

FIRST AND THIRD SATURDAY OF OCTOBER***OCT 3rd--OCT 17th ALL ARE WELCOME--8AM TILL 12 NOON.
DE MEYER FURNITURE AT EAGLE RD AND FRANKLIN IN MERIDIAN

09/27/2026