Coats Steam Car

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The Coats Steam Car was an American steam automobile produced from 1921 until 1923 first in Columbus and later in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Few of the car, tourers designed by George A. Coats, were built. They featured a three-cylinder steam engine using poppet-valves that needed water at 300 mile intervals and burned kerosene and was able to build up steam preassure in 60 seconds, three speed transmission (two forward, one reverse) complete with floor shift; they were meant to retail for $1085.

[edit] See also

• American Steamer

[edit] References

• David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles.
• John Bentley, "Coats", in The Old Car Book, Number 168, Fawcett Books, copyright 1952 p.106