Very early V-8 engine: Adams 30-40 HP Eight (1907). This is a French Antoinette engine built under licence by the Adams Manufacturing Co.
"The Autocar"
01.12.1906
"The Autocar", 1907 <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Adams_Manufacturing_Co">http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Adams_Manufacturing_Co</a>