Asa RAINS' 1911 model Hupmobile was the oldest registered car in Ringgold County. The car has a rubber bulb horn, no starter, no fan belt, no batteries or coils, and the oil was fed at the same time as the gasoline.

The Hupmobile was purchased by Mr. RAINS July 3, 1911 for $600.

SOURCE: 1887 - Benton, Iowa Centennial - 1987. Pp. 133-37. Courtesy of Mount Ayr Public Library, Mount Ayr IA

Transcriptions and notes by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2012

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