Stevens Duryea’s were built from 1909 to 1915. The Company was formed by Frank Duryea and the J. Stevens Arms and Tool Company in Chicopee Falls, MA.
This was a touring car with aluminum fenders and body and the engine in the model is a 6-cylinder, 490 c.i. rated at 44.6HP with a 131 inch wheel base. It features air start and is the first year for electric lights and horn. Stevens Duryea made about 100 cars per year and there about are only 10 of this model known and the selling price was $4,500. In 1917 the owner, a California rancher, caught his sons using this vehicle to chase rabbits and put it in the barn until it was sold to a well driller in the 1940’s. It was restored in 1989 with 3,500 miles and won first in its class at Pebble Beach.
Taken at the Hilton Head Island Concours d'Elegance & Motoring Festival.
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