||This article includes a list of references, related reading or
external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks
inline citations. (October 2011)| The Shawmobile was a small
two-seat buckboard type vehicle from the horseless carriage era
powered by a front mounted gasoline engine with belt drive to
the rear wheels. Wheels are of the wire bicycle type. In the
nineteenth century, Stanley Shaw first invented his own steam
engine. At the dawn of the motoring age Stanley Shaw invented
his own gas engine. By 1903 the "Shaw Manufacturing Co." of
Galesburg, Kansas advertised an engine kit for motorizing a
bicycle in Popular Mechanics magazine for $90. The engine was
241 cc with dry cell battery ignition and a slip belt drive.
Advertised cruising speed was 20 mph (32 km/h), with a maximum
speed of 30 mph (48 km/h). By 1905 Shaw was mass producing his
engines to convert bicycles to motorcycles. To further increase
sales, Shaw began selling plans to build a car to use his
engine. It was a very primitive