President Griffin-Leake TV, Inc. P.O. Box 1928 Muskogee,
Oklahoma
James C. Leake, new Chairman of the Board and immediate past
president of Oklahoma Northeast, Incorporated, announces the
opening of Horseless Carriages, Unlimited, another new Green
Country tourist attraction.
Forty classic and antique cars will be on display at the newly
constructed museum on highway 62 on the north edge of Muskogee,
beginning July 3rd. Horseless Carriages Unlimited will be open from
9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily, and there will be a picnic and
refreshment area near the museum.
Leake, who is also President of the National Automobile Hall of
Fame, has spent 15 to 20 years collecting and assembling this
impressive array of cars, making it one of the greatest displays in
the United States.
Ratchet device eliminated need for differential. (Illustration
taken from Theo Brown, Early Tractor Development [Moline: John
Deere & Company, 1953].)
Here is a partial listing of the cars on display: 1900 DeDeion,
1901 one-cylinder Oldsmobile, 1904 Reo, 1909 two-cylinder Maxwell,
1912 Model T Ford, 1918 Oneida Truck, 1919 Dual Valve Pierce Arrow,
1920 Minerva, 1923 Model T Ford Speedster, 1924 Buick, 1925
Locomobile, 1929 Model A Ford Touring Car, 1934 Packard Formal
Sedan, 1936 Packard Convertible 1936 3-wheel Morgan, 1938 Mercedes,
1939 HRG, 1953 Bentley Convertible, 1957 Rolls Limousine and Sir
Winston Churchill’s Limousine.
The displays will be changed constantly as cars are bought and
sold and there will also be an antique shop in connection with the
Horseless Carriages exhibit.
James C. Leake in a 1911 Rolls Royce Ceremonial Phaeton Victoria
Touring Car.
