SIA Flashback – It’s a Car! It’s a Motorcycle! It’s Bi-Autogo!

Unless you’re an absolute newbie to the old car hobby (in which case, welcome!), you’ve by now surely seen some sort of mention of the 1913 Bi-Autogo, the two-wheeled “automobile” that James Scripps-Booth built. But you probably haven’t read an account of the vehicle quite like the one that his nephew, Steve Booth, wrote for SIA #62, April 1981. Steve recounts fully how the Bi-Autogo’s weight and cumbersome steering prevented it from becoming more than a one-off, but he also enumerated the many technical achievements that his uncle incorporated in it, from the V-8 to the underslung chassis to the all-aluminum body. Sure, the end result didn’t set the world on fire, but somebody had to try it, right?