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Above: The Amherst 40, as a fully convertible touring car.
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Late in 1911 the Two-in-One Auto Company was formed by a group of Detroit promoters and a few local Canadians. The concept of a vehicle that could easily be converted from a passenger car to a light truck appealed to the people of Amherstburg, enough so that the town took a major financial role in the Canadian Two-in-One Auto Company. The Amherst 40, their only automobile, was promoted as the first conventional looking touring car that could easily be converted into a truck. By August of that year one prototype, built from imported parts, was near enough completion to pull a broken-down vehicle almost 20 miles over rough roads back into town. By August 24, the completed 40 h.p. vehicle was displayed to the town and a few days later it was shipped off to the CNE for exhibition. In September the Detroit promoters were dropped for refusing to pay their share of the stock. Two more cars were completed before the company was forced into bankruptcy. Dr. Frederick Park drove one of them for several
years (He also drove the only Brock Six ever
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