Crossover between the tractor and automobile industries was fairly common many years ago, offering an easy opportunity for manufacturers to cross-market their brand to atypical buyers. Porsche and Lamborghini are names associated with sports cars, but did you know they also made tractors? The exhibit showcases select manufacturers that made both vehicles and tractors, and even one manufacturer that combined a tractor and a car into one multi-use vehicle.| Savoy Automobile Museum
The Studebaker brothers, Henry and Clem, established a blacksmith and wagon shop in 1852, and by 1875 it was the “largest vehicle house in the world” due to the U.S. Army buying their wagons. The company survived: transitions from wagons to cars, The Great Depression, two World Wars, mergers, and near bankruptcies to finally succumb [...]| Savoy Automobile Museum