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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Scripps Automobile Company |
| Production | 1908-12 |
| Designer | James Scripps-Booth |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | roadster |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | V8 |
| Dimensions | |
| Curb weight | 3,200-lb (1451 kg) |
| Company type | Automobile manufacturing |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive |
| Genre | Touring cars |
| Founded | 1906 |
| Defunct | 1909 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Canada |
| Products | Vehicles |
Number of employees | 40 |
Kirk Manufacturing Company was a pioneer brass era vintage era American automobile company, built at 958 Oakwood Avenue, Toledo, Ohio.[2]
Kirk introduced the Yale in 1905. Describing it as "the Beau Brummel of the road",[3] it had the choice of two gasoline engine models. A two-cylinder 14 hp ( kW) side-entrance tourer sold for US$1000;
The a four-cylinder Yale had 24 hp ( kW) for US$2500, which compared against outrigger wheels (an idea that has resurfaced since) in the three-seater body[4] . Fitted with wheel steering,[5] it had a 45 hp (33.5 kW) V8 engine,[6] the first of its kind from a Detroit company,
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[edit]the Success hit the amazingly low US$250.[7] at an amazingly low US$250,[8] wh
the Black could be as low as $375,[9] $700 for the [[Ford Model N#Model S|Model S] Western's Gale Model A was US$500,[10]
Brush Runabout US$485,[11] compared to US$650 for the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout[12] and
FAL US$1750,[13] Cole 30 US$1500,[14] Enger 40 US$2000,[15] Colt Runabout was priced at US$1500,[16] Ford Model F In 1905 was priced at $2,000
the US$1600 of the Oakland 40[17] and
well below even American's lowest-price model, which was US$4250 (its highest was US$5250).[18]
the 1913 Lozier Big Six tourers and roadsters at US$5,000, limousines and landaulettes at US$6,500.
the 1913 Lozier Light Six Metropolian tourer and runabout were US$3,250, coupe US$3,850, and limousine US$4,450.[19]
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Notes
[edit]- ^ Clymer, p.205; Kimes, p.18 & 761.
- ^ Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.158.
- ^ Clymer, p.158.
- ^ Clymer, p.115.
- ^ Clymer, p.115.
- ^ Clymer, p.115.
- ^ Clymer, p.32.
- ^ Clymer, p.32.
- ^ Clymer, p.61.
- ^ Clymer, p.51.
- ^ Clymer, p.104.
- ^ Clymer, p.32.
- ^ Clymer, p.104.
- ^ Clymer, p.104.
- ^ Clymer, p.104.
- ^ Clymer, p.63.
- ^ Clymer, p.84.
- ^ Clymer, p.91.
- ^ Clymer, p.111.
- ^ Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.205.
- ^ Georgano, G.N. Cars: Early and Vintage 1886-1930 (London: Grange-Universal, 1990), p.7.
- ^ Wise, David Burgess, "Lenoir: The Motoring Pioneer" in Ward, Ian, executive editor. The World of Automobiles (London: Orbis Publishing, 1974), p.1181.
- ^ Kimes, Beverly Rae. The Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1805-1942 (Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 1989), p.774.
Sources
[edit]- Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925. New York: Bonanza Books, 1950.
- Time magazine online
- Wise, David Burgess, "Lenoir: The Motoring Pioneer" in Ward, Ian, executive editor. The World of Automobiles (London: Orbis Publishing, 1974), p.1181.
- Kimes, Beverly Rae. The Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1805-1942. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 1989. ISBN0-87341-111-0.
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