1914 Regal Model T Underslung Touring
The underslung chassis placed the frame below the axles rather than above them (a configuration that lowered the center of gravity and, by Regal’s own advertising logic, made for a safer, more stable car).
Regal was the most prominent American producer of underslung cars after the American Motor Car Company of Indianapolis, and 1914 was among the final years the Underslung was offered before the design was discontinued.
The Model T Touring seated five and was finished with coachwork built by Fisher Body in Detroit, wearing artillery-style wooden wheels with demountable rims. Brass fittings (radiator shell, headlamp rims, hub caps, and running board step plates) were characteristic of the period and the price point.
The folding black leatherette top, button-tufted interior, and wood-rimmed steering wheel with brass center hub reflect the well-appointed character Regal cultivated in its mid-market positioning.
Red coach lines against light gray coachwork with contrasting black fenders were a period-appropriate livery choice that reads well on the car’s low, rakish proportions.
Power came from a four-cylinder engine producing 25 horsepower (RAC rating), the lower of two outputs available on the Touring body (the other being the 35 hp Model C).
The Regal Automobile Company entered receivership in 1918, unable to absorb rapidly inflating wartime material costs, leaving surviving Underslungs among the scarcer examples of prewar Detroit production.
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