Entrepreneurs A L Barber and J B Walker formed The Locomobile Company in 1899, having purchased the rights from the Stanley Brothers to manufacture a steam car to their design.

Other interests diverted Walker from the partnership, however Barber was to continue, producing his first car from his Newton, Massachusetts Works in 1899.

This was a lightweight four-wheeler with wire wheels, coachwork borrowing much from the horse-drawn era, and the vehicle powered by a twin-cylinder simple engine with a 14 inch boiler beneath the driver’s seat.

Power was progressively increased and by 1900 a 5 1/2hp model was the norm.

Steering was by a right-hand mounted tiller and final drive by a single block chain with a contracting brake operating on the open drive differential.

Full elliptic springs, (transverse at the front), provided a comfortable ride on the primitive roads in its country of manufacture.

This remarkably conserved car hails from Brooklyn where its history can be traced back to 1...