​​The Thomas Jeffery Company operated between 1900 and 1914 producing Rambler Automobiles, a quality machine with a mid market price. In 1914 after the passing of Thomas Jeffery, the firm was renamed Jeffery by Thomas's son to honour his father's auto legacy. The Jeffery car was re-named Nash in 1917 after the Nash cooperation (Nash - Kelvinator) which acquired Jeffery in 1917. The Rambler name was again revived in the 1950's by the Nash company. 

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Thomas Jeffery started commercially mass-producing automobiles in 1902 and by the end of the year had reportedly produced 1,500 motorcars, one-sixth of all existing in the USA at the time. The Thomas B. Jeffery Company was the second largest auto manufacturer at that time, behind Oldsmobile. 

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Rambler experimented with such early technical innovations as a steering wheel (as opposed to a tiller), but it was decided that such features were too advanced for the motoring public of the day, so the first production Ramblers were tiller-steered.  

This Rambler is one of the earliest know examples of the 1st year of "production" Ramblers, with motor number 602 and serial number 331. Formerly from the prestigious Rothschild collection, this car has been in storage for nearly 20 years, however prior to storage it was used on both local and international tours in the 1970 & 80's including the London to Brighton run in 1980.

 

Considered by Rambler historians to be a very correct and original example, this wonderful runabout comes with some spares including a spare crankcase with crank shaft & flywheel. 

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A mildly expensive car in its day selling at $750, a new Curved Dash Olds was $100 less at $650, this sturdy single cylinder runabout with its beautiful wire wheels & period correct all white tyres and piano box body style, would again make a wonderful London to Brighton entrant, be a hit on any 1 & 2 Cylinder Tour or just be a unique addition to any Edwardian or Brass Era collection.