The All-Steel was an automobile produced by the All-Steel Motor Car Co. of St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

 from 1915 to 1916. Also known as the Alstel, it had a rather conventional 4-cylinder engine, but had a unique narrow platform backbone frame that enclosed the propeller shaft and gearbox. The body, electrically welded

Arc welding

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, was attached to the frame and rear axle

Axle

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at a mere three points, and as such, the body was easily removed. It cost a mere $465.

The company was reorganized as the Macon Motor Car Company in January of 1917.