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Here is a little bit of information on the Case Car. The "Case" Car
(1911 Case Touring Car)
In 1910, the J.I. Case Threshing Machine Co. purchased the Pierce Motor Co. of Racine, at 22th and Clark Streets. The firm had been operating for a number of years manufacturing the Pierce-Racine automobile (no connection with Pierce-Arrow). Case Company renamed the Automobile "Case" and utilized the companys� 8,000 dealers and agents world wide to sell the new line.
Case automobiles came in Touring models, Sedans, Coupes, and a few sporting types of a luxury class. (Case Motor Car Factory-22th and Clark St.) The Case Motor Works displayed a strong tendency to make what amounted to custom jobs. If a customer like the car, but objected to the color of the upholstery, the obliging Case men would tear it out and replace it with whatever the buyer wanted. (Case Racing Team, Indianapolis 1911. Number 1 was Louis Strangs car on pole; Number 9 was "Wild Bill" Jones.) Case , like other car manufactures of the period , maintained a racing team. At the time it was customary to name each individual car. A few of these cars were "Case Bullet, White Streak, Comet, and Jay-Eye-See." Three Case Racers qualified for the first Indianapolis 500 race in 1911, occupying the pole position and two spots in the second row.
Case Touring cars continued to be made in modest numbers for several years, with a price around $2,500. Case continued to build automobiles until the mid 1920s.
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