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The Horseless Carriage Joe Coffey built 2006-09-25 - Montpelier, Adair County, KY - Photo By Linda Waggener. Joe Coffey built this horseless carriage, which he uses for short jaunts around his farm and neighborhood and brings out occasionally for parades in the area. The buggy has an eight horsepower Briggs & Stratton engine taken from a Snapper lawnmower, a bench seat with room for two, a lawnmower type transmission, electric starter, and is steered with a tiller. He says that at the top speed you'd have to go at a brisk trot to keep up with it. The vehicle is displayed high on the hill by Joe and Ada Troutman Coffey's beautiful home on Old Montpelier Road. Their hill is one of the highest points in the area and is within one mile of being equal distance from Columbia, Russell Springs, and Jamestown. The house in the distance is the old Coffey homeplace. Coffey, a master mechanic, is now "retired" to farming after a long career as a master mechanic with Garrison Construction Company. Permalink | Comments?

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