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1910 Haynes Model 19 Runabout

This auto was seen at The Tupelo Auto Museum.

The runabout has a unique custom wicker body by Amesbury.

The engine is 4 cylinder 36 hp.

There is a shft drive-selective sliding gear transmission.

It was made in Kokomo, Indiana.

It has a hidden “Mother-In-Law” seat.

The Haynes Automobile Company was a United States automobile manufacturing company that produced automobiles in Kokomo, Indiana, from 1905 to 1924. The company was formerly known as the Haynes-Apperson company, and produced automobiles under that name from 1896 to 1905. Co-founder Elwood Haynes changed the name of the company after fellow co-founders Elmer and Edgar Apperson left to form the Apperson Brothers Automobile Company in 1901. The company was declared bankrupt in 1924 and went out of business in 1925.

This auto was seen at The Tupelo Auto Museum.

http://www.tupeloautomuseum.com/index.php

Copied from the 1910 Automobile and Cycle Trade Journal

The Reed body is manufactured by the Amesbury Reed & Rattan Co., Bailey Building, Chestnut Street, Amesbury, Mass. This concern also manufcturers a two-seated body with a basket on the back, also separate baskets in reed or willow. The bodies are built on a 5/8 in. steel platform, and are made of the best imported rattan. They can be colored to suit the purchaser and can be upholstered with any material desired.  The bodies are made to fit any chassis and are rubber lined making them dust and water proof. The seats are either the divided or straight back type and upholstery may be removed for washing and cleaning.

Amesbury has the unique distinction of being the first town in the country in which a rattan automobile body was ever manufactured. When these bodies were placed on the market in 1906, they were a great novelty to the automobile world. The firm that designed these bodies was the Amesbury Rattan and Reed Co., which was located in one corner of Babcock's No.5 plant. During the company’s short existence it enjoyed a high reputation for excellence in construction and beauty of design in its claims for the bodies. Having been exhibited at several of the larger auto shows of the East, and having gained the approval of the automobile critics, these bodies were said to be the most durable on the market at that time. Such exhibitions created a considerable demand for the basket bodies. They were made to fit any chassis although the firm specialized in fine custom work. The bodies were rubber lined with straight back upholstering, making them water and dust proof. Due to uneasiness among the directors, George Ayscough and Arthur Skinner, thie body building was discontinued, but rattan accessories were continued until 1925.