Maytag-Mason Motor Company

Maytag-Mason Motor Company
	The Hill Climber
Formerly	Mason Automobile Company
Founded	1910; 114 years ago
Defunct	1912; 112 years ago
Fate	Reorganized
Successor	Mason Motor Company
Headquarters	Waterloo, Iowa
Key people	Frederick Maytag I, Fred & Augie Duesenberg, Edward Mason
Products	Automobiles
Production output	983 Approx. (1910-1912)
Brands	Maytag, Mason

The Maytag-Mason Motor Company of Waterloo, Iowa manufactured Maytag automobiles from 1910 to 1912. The company's founder was Frederick Louis Maytag I, who is better known for his development of the Maytag washing machine company.^[1]

History

Maytag formed the company by purchasing a controlling interest in the Mason Automobile Company of Des Moines, Iowa, in 1909. That company, which had been created by Fred Duesenberg, August Duesenberg, and lawyer Edward R. Mason, had been producing an automobile called the Mason.^[1]

The former Waterloo Motor Works in Waterloo, Iowa, was purchased for automobile production.^[1] Maytag-Mason brought out a new four-cylinder engine and the larger car for 1910 was called Maytag. The two-cylinder engine car continued to be called the Mason.^[1]

Large parts purchases did not match slowing sales and the company went into receivership in 1911.^[1] Maytag sold his interest in the company, and in 1912 the company was reorganized as Mason Motor Company.^[1] This company went into receivership in 1915 and was closed down by 1917. Approximately 983 Maytag cars were built.^[1]

Models

Year	Engine	HP	Wheelbase
1910	Four-cylinder^[1]	32/35	114 in (2,896 mm)
1911	two-cylinder	20	96 in (2,438 mm) ^[1]
1911	four-cylinder	35^[1]	114 in (2,896 mm)

1910 Maytag Model C
1911 Maytag-Mason Brochure
1911 Maytag Model 12
1911 Maytag Model H, Boattail Roadster
1911 Maytag- Mason Advertisement

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Kimes, Beverly (1996). standard catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. Krause publications. ISBN 0-87341-428-4.

External links

[kimes1996-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Kimes, Beverly (1996). standard catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. Krause publications. ISBN 0-87341-428-4.

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