It can be registered as a quadricycle or motorcycle in some markets.

FORBES: From 'Jetsons' to Your Driveway: A Folding Car

About the time Henry Ford built his first car, the quadricycle, in 1896, eccentric Japanese inventor Sakichi Toyoda, 29, invented his first--weaving loom.

FORBES: Late Bloomer

Ford's first attempt at a genuine four-wheel vehicle, which he called the Quadricycle, used valves adapted from a steam engine and didn't have a reverse gear.

WSJ: Book Review: I Invented the Modern Age | Henry Ford

The lineup of classic cars is now ordered chronologically, starting with an 1895 Roper Steam carriage and Henry Ford's Quadricycle, the 1896 forerunner of the Model T.

WSJ: The Henry Ford Prepares a Museum Makeover

While the Quadricycle, the 1909 Model T and a 1932 V-8 Ford are cars you'd expect to see in an array of historic vehicles, the value of "Driving America" is in the way that it presents cars you would be more likely to find in a junkyard than a museum.

WSJ: The Henry Ford Prepares a Museum Makeover