Automobile — The Cocktail Ontologist

Variants (3)

Daly's Bartenders' Encyclopedia by Tim Daly (1903, p.117)

1 lump	sugar — loaf sugar	base
2 dashes	Aromatic bitters	bitter
1 thin slice	Orange	garnish
2 thin slices	pineapple	garnish
2 dashes	creme yvette — creme yvette	modifier
1 dash	White curacao — white curacoa	modifier
	champagne — imported champagne	other
1 small lump	ice — clear ice	other

Put the sugar, bitters, curacoa, creme yvette, fruit, and clear ice into a large thin goblet.
Fill with imported champagne and serve.

Garnish: Pineapple and orange slices

Ice: Clear ice

Daly presents this as one of his latest original concoctions.

The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book by Albert Stevens Crockett (1935, p.104)

1 jigger	gin — Gordon gin	base
0.5 lemon	lemon juice — lemon or lime juice	base
1 bottle	ginger ale	dilution
2 lumps	ice	other
3 sprigs	mint	other

Ice: Ice

First concocted when the automobile was a novelty.

The Artistry of Mixing Drinks by Frank Meier (1936, p.24)

0.33 part	gin — Gin	base
1 dash	orange bitters — Orange Bitters	base
0.33 part	Scotch whisky — Scotch Whisky	base
0.33 part	sweet vermouth — Italian Vermouth	modifier

See also: Champagne Sour, Pawnbroker's Delight