International Harvester Model A Runabout Highwheeler

You can still see them in old Westerns, these so called runabouts or buggies, but then with a horse in front.

These light carriages with their high wheels are perfectly suited to tackle the sandy prairies of North America. In 1907, agricultural machinery manufacturer International Harvester from Illinois equips these carriages with an air cooled two cylinder boxer engine (with opposing cylinders). That year, 73 examples of these so called highwheelers are produced, but two years later the number is already nearly 2,500. This 1908 runabout is still in a unique, unrestored condition. International Harvester was created in 1902 from a merger of several manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Later, it also produced passenger cars, vans and trucks, as well as household appliances. Since 1986, the company has been called Navistar International. In the 1950s and 1960s, the Hague fire brigade, among others, used Internationals.