Production chronology1916
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Briscoe / Model record
BriscoeModel 8-38
Production1916
Recorded originUnited States
ClassFive-seat touring car
Power35 hp
V8 companion to the 4-38 on the same 114-inch chassis and with the same open body catalog. Briscoe promoted an unusual conversion path under which a customer could buy the four-cylinder car and later substitute the eight-cylinder engine. That interchangeability does not erase the 8-38's distinct marketed model and cylinder-count identity. Electric starting and lighting were available in the 1916 range; exact displacement, engine supplier and transmission ratios remain unverified in accessible summaries.
Chronology ledger
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Record depth — Documented
How this is measured → This record contains useful sourced evidence, but it does not yet meet the reference-ready standard. Still needed: attributed imagery. Fields we cannot source stay empty rather than guessed.
Research notes
Included within Briscoe's 8,149-car 1916 company output; no separate V8 total survives.