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It's the oldest surviving American automobile. In the 1860s, a small steam carriage running under its own power was so startling that people paid to see it driven. It was a curiosity, not transportation. By the time its inventor, Sylvester Roper, died in 1896, new innovators were transforming horseless carriages from curiosities into practical vehicles.