Interestingly, the first electric cars were produced in the 1880s and became increasingly popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Steam and electric power were relatively straight forward and widely used.

With a crowded market place by as early as 1915, it was only with advances in internal combustion engines, electric starters in particular, and mass production of cheaper petrol vehicles that led to a decline in the use of electric drive vehicles.

While some are still remembered like Baker, Waverley and Detroit, there were many others now long forgotten and correspondingly rare.

Acquired by a Mr.

O'Quinn in February 2008 from the James Cousens Cedar Crossing Collection in Michigan, it previously belonged to a John McMullen.

Some accounts have related it to a short entry in the Standard Catalogue of American Cars 1805-1942 which mentions a 'Victor' electric vehicle registered on April 8th, 1907 by S.H.

Bunshaw of Lincoln, Nebraska.

No conclusive documentation of this...