Revered for its victory in the 1908 “Great Race,” the most legendary endurance competition of the Brass Era in which gutsy George Schuster piloted an example over rugged roads and non-roads alike between New York and Paris, the Buffalo-built Thomas ranks among the most famous and best-engineered American automobiles of its period. It was revered for its performance, especially the six-cylinder models of the early Teens, including the 40-horsepower Model M-6-40 with lightweight factory bodywork.
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