through established automobile dealers. This did not work well and in 1912 Spaulding returned to using its carriage outlets almost exclusively. In 1913 the Spaulding was revised as Model G with a 40 hp Buda four-cylinder engine on a 120- inch wheelbase. Electric lighting was later joined with electric starting. Called the Spaulding 40, and priced in the $1,800 () range, it remained in this configuration until the end of automobile production. In 1914 in traveling the River-to-River (Mississippi-to-Missouri) Road in what was claimed "a world's dirt-road speed record", Spaulding established a new cross-state speed record. The Panama-Pacific International Exposition selected a Spaulding the following year to map the overland route to the California exposition. The car traveled with a moving picture camera to film during its journey. In 1915 Spaulding offered a model called the Sleeping Car (predating Nash by 20 years), which provided overnight accommodations. Difficulty in getting parts transported to Grinnell and under-financing caused the end for the Spaulding car in 1916. Spaulding Manufacturing had begun building truck bodies and this replaced car manufacturing. In the early Twenties the Spaulding Manufacturing Company was producing road machinery. The business closed in 1929. Henry W. Spaulding died in 1937 at the age of ninety-one. See also Spaulding Manufacturing Company External links Spaulding Manufacturing Co. at Coachbuilt.com IHDC Spaulding Image Collection Iowas Automobiles by Bill Jepsen review at Undiscovered Classics Reference Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Motor vehicle manufacturers based in New York (state) Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Iowa 1900s cars 1910s cars Veteran vehicles Brass Era vehicles Coachbuilders of the United States Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1902 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1903 Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1910 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1916 Cars introduced in 1902 Cars introduced in 1910