Feb 28, 2024
Augustus Post, at the wheel of a White Steamer, arrives in St. Louis from New York City after traveling a distance of nearly 1000 miles over 2 weeks during the first Reliability Tour sponsored by the American Automobile Association in 1904. The first to test automobile endurance and reliability over long distances, a trophy was awarded to the first finisher by industrialist and automobile enthusiast Charles Glidden, and later became known as the Glidden Tours. Drivers faced a variety of horrendous road conditions and equipment breakdowns, as well as sabotage and booby traps along the route courtesy of rural folks resentful of the wealthy and their toys.