The Twombly was an American cyclecar manufactured by Driggs-Seabury between 1913 and 1915. The cars had water-cooled, four-cylinder engines, two seats in tandem, and an underslung body. Few of them are still in existence.
The car was designed by Willard Irving Twombly (1873-1953). His largest investor, Reverend David Stuart Dodge petitioned for bankruptcy in 1915 claiming he was owed $428,238 by the Twombly group of companies for loans and interest.[2] Shortly after this, Twombly became involved in an expensive divorce case and was eventually jailed following accusations of bigamy and misconduct.[3]
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- Twombly Taxicab Carette. America's first carette and cyclecar v. 2 (1914-1915), 1914-11-01, retrieved 2026-04-12^
- Twombley Cos. Bankrupt The New York Times, February 7, 1915, retrieved 4 August 2015^
- Prominent Inventor Again Put in Jail on Charges of Wife