F.R.P.
Title
F.R.P.
Description
Finlay Robertson Porter (F.R.P.), a native of Lowell, Ohio, was chief engineer at the Mercer Company from 1910 to 1914 and was the creator of the T-Head Raceabout. Porter resigned and created F.R.P. His cars were not commercially successful and with the advent of World War I, the F.R.P. factory closed and was taken over by the government. Porter went to work for the Division of Aeronautics in Ohio.
Publisher
America's Packard Museum
Source
Automobile Quarterly Collection
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Relation
David Gooding, "F.R.P. Ahead of Its Time, Left Behind by History," Automobile Quarterly 31 (4) 1993: 4-11.
Subject
F.R.P. automobiles, American automobiles
Format
Photographs
Collection Items
F.R.P. 1915 TourerSerial number: #5, only known existing example. Series B Touring Car, body by Brewster, manufactured in Port Jefferson, New York. Four cylinder engine…