Plass

The Plass was an American automobile manufactured only in 1897 by Reuben H Plass.

Reuben Hopkins Plass was born in Hudson, New York about 1840. His father was John T Plass. At the beginning of the Civil War on 26 April 1861 he was a Lieutenant in Company A of the 7th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. After serving for a few months, on 3 June, he returned to work for his father during the war making cannon and gun blocks. He claimed to have built his first car in the 1860s. He held patents from 1869 for a velocipede and 1874 for a gas governor. After the war Plass and his father manufacturered bandsaws. Between 1893 and 1895 Plass unsuccessfully sought appointment as Consul-General to Cuba.