1928 Whippet

edited by David Barth, 15 March 2009.
Courtesy Antique Car Museum of Iowa at 860 Quarry Road, Coralville, Iowa, 52241 USA.
Photos were taken in March 2009.

Whippets were made by the Wyllis-Overland company in Toledo, Ohio from 1927 until 1931. They had European styling and were the smallest American car at the time of their introduction in the fall of 1926. The car has a wheelbase of 100 x 1/4 inches.

These cars were small and fast. A Whippet won an Indianapolis Motor Speedway 24-hour endurance run. Whippets were the fastest production cars costing less than $1,000.

The Whippet emblem is a Whippet jumping through a hoop. This Whippet is a touring model. It has a four cylinder engine and can reach a speed of 56.52 miles per hour. The Whippet was designed to compete with the Ford Model T.

The first year of Whippet production saw 110,000 units sold, placing Wyllis-Overland in third place behind Ford and Chevrolet.

After the Depression began, Whippet production was discontinued so that Wyllis-Overland could concentrate on a single new model, the Wyllis 77.

This car was restored by John Cline.