1903 Pope Hartford Spark Plug Holder

Pictured here is a sparkplug holder from a 1903 Pope Hartford Model A runabout which was cast just as you see it. The remarkable thing about this is that there was no machining done to this. We cast this from the original using our proprietary shrink compensation process, allowing us to reproduce from the original part an exact replica. Note the fine thread for the sparkplug, we did not tap this, it came through as cast.

In 1903, with a background in bicycles and electric cars, Colonel Albert Pope embarked on a scheme to build automobiles in many cities using his own name. The first of these was the Pope-Hartford, its surname taken from its home city. A prototype single-cylinder car was running in the summer of 1903 and was introduced to the market shortly afterwards. A runabout style was designated Model A, while a tonneau tourer was called Model B.