
Unfamiliar Names | Assess and Caress with Donald Osborne | Jay Leno's Garage
By Jay Leno's Garage
Not exactly Chevy, Ford and Chrysler. Donald Osborne brings three cars with unfamiliar names to the Garage, all on loan from the Audrain Automobile Museum in Newport, Rhode Island: a 1901 International Charette, a 1913 Herreshoff Model 30 Runabout and a 1927 Minerva AF 32 CV Sport Sedan. The International is subcontract on subcontract: sold by the International Motor Car Company, built by Allard of Coventry, with a licensed De Dion-Bouton single-cylinder engine. It was one of the first cars dated by the Veteran Car Club and has run the London to Brighton many times. The Herreshoff comes from…

