Outside of Detroit, Illinois, no area of the US is more associated with exciting automobiles than Indiana.

Home to the legendary Speedway and its world famous 500 mile race, the list of great marques that came out of this state include Marmon, Marion, Duesenberg, Auburn, Cord, Stutz and, arguably one of the great names of early American motoring, the Premier.

Premier, like most of its fellow Indiana manufacturers, made a performance oriented product.

They were heavily involved in racing and it influenced their production cars.

They always created a high quality car that had innovative features, which resulted in a rather high price tag.

This racy machine is one of the few 6-cylinder Premiers that survive today.

Powered by a big 6-cylinder T-head motor, it was rated at 45hp, a big number for 1909.

The motor drives through a 4-speed transmission to a shaft drive rear end.

Having been delivered new as a formal town car, the body gave way to a much racier set of clothes in the 1950...