from Oklahoma" in their advertisements. Trans-Australian Trip In 1912, Sid Ferguson, Francis Birtles and a dog named Rex drove a Brush Runabout across the Australian continent. The pair started out on the west coast in Freemantle and ending on the east coast in Sydney, with the trip occurring between March and April of that year. Ferguson and Birtles became the first persons to successfully undertake such a trip. Extant Examples on Display 1907 Runabout (restored) is on display at the Fondation Pierre Gianadda Museum, Martigny, Switzerland 1908 Model BC Runabout is on display at Fountainhead Antique Auto Museum in Fairbanks, AK. 1908 Runabout (restored) at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome 1909 Runabout (restored) is on display at the Linn County Historical Museum in Brownsville, Oregon. 1909 "Gentleman's Runabout" is on display at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, MI. 1910 Runabout (original) is on display at the Swigart Antique Auto Museum in Huntingdon, PA. 1911 Runabout (restored) on display at the Miles Through Time Automotive Museum in Toccoa, GA. 1912 Liberty-Brush Runabout (restored) is in storage at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. 1912 Liberty-Brush Runabout (restored) is in the collections of the Museum of Transport and Technology in Point Chevalier, Auckland, NZ. See also Brass Era car Chalmers Motors List of defunct United States automobile manufacturers List of car brands United States Motor Company Not to be confused with Brush Electric Company nor Brush Traction (United Kingdom company) Francis Birtles Detroit Public Library has extensive photos of Brush and Liberty-Brush vehicles Chrysler Corporation Maxwell Motors References External links brushauto.net Brushauto.net is a website with original brush media and information including advertisements, manuals, and images. Brush Owners Club website A recounting of the Ferguson and Birtles trans-Australian trip in 1912 Hemmings article about owning a 1905 Brush Runabout Autoweek article about driving a 1911 Runabout Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Michigan Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Brass Era vehicles Companies based in Detroit Highland Park, Michigan Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1907 1907 establishments in Michigan Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1913 1913 disestablishments in Michigan Defunct manufacturing companies based in Michigan