Pope-Tribune 6hp

Pope-Tribune 6hp 1904

Key facts

  • Year

    1904

  • Country

    United States

  • Capacity

    798cc

  • Cylinders

    1

  • Performance

    25mph

  • Price new

    £131

  • Owner

    National Motor Museum Trust

  • Manufacturer

    Pope Manufacturing Company, Hagerstown, Maryland, USA

The Pope-Tribune was the smallest and cheapest of the many cars marketed by American promoter Colonel Albert Pope. The vehicle displayed is an early model with a single-cylinder engine and shaft drive. Pope-Tribune was distributed in Britain by the Civil Service Motor & Cycle Agency of High Holborn, London.

Former Civil War officer Colonel Albert Augustus Pope began his manufacturing empire in 1876, making bicycles under the Columbia brand from 1877. He became America’s leading cycle producer and controlled nearly all the bicycle-related patents in the USA. In 1897 Pope started making electric cars under the Columbia name and established another five companies producing a range of petrol-engined cars with factories in Connecticut, Ohio, Massachusetts, Maryland and Indiana. Pope-Tribune produced cars from 1904 to 1908. Rising prices caused the company to lose its market as Colonel Pope’s empire started to fall apart.

For graceful outline and superior finish it will take a lot of beating at the price

The Motor
28 March 1905

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Panoramic view of the first floor of the National Motor Museum

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