1911 Overland OctoAuto

The Octoauto was an eight-wheel car created by Milton O. Reeves. He created it using a 1910 Overland and he added two more axles and four more wheels. The 20ft-long automobile was shown at the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911. Reeves was also the inventor of the muffler.[1] He claimed that by having eight tires, each tire lasted longer.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Octoauto". Time magazine. 2008. http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1658545_1657686_1657673,00.html. Retrieved 2008-12-08. "Zero orders for the patently ugly and silly OctoAuto apparently didn't discourage Reeves, who tried again the next year with the Sextauto (six wheels, single front axle design)." 
  2. ^ Floyd Clymer (1950). Treasury of early American automobiles. McGraw-Hill. http://books.google.com/books?id=0B4ZAAAAIAAJ&q=Octoauto&dq=Octoauto&client=firefox-a.