Kirk Manufacturing Company
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Kirk Manufacturing Company |
| Production | 1902-1905 |
| Body and chassis | |
| Body style | roadster |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | two-cylinder, four-cylinder |
| Dimensions | |
| Curb weight | 1400 lb (635 kg) |
Kirk Manufacturing Company was a pioneer brass era American automobile company, built at 958 Oakwood Avenue, Toledo, Ohio,[1] from 1902 until 1905.
A manufacturer of bicycles, in 1899 Kirk announced it would begin building cars.[2] They introduced the Yale in 1902. Describing it as "the Beau Brummel of the road",[3] it had the choice of two gasoline engine models: a two-cylinder 14 hp (10 kW) side-entrance tourer for US$1000 and a four-cylinder 24 hp (18 kW) for US$2500. This compared to US$650 for the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout,[4] the $700 Ford Model S, US$1500 for the Colt Runabout[5] and ,[6] the US$1600 Oakland 40[7] the FAL at US$1750,[6] and the [6] and Ford Model F at $2,000. Even so, the Yale was well below even Lozier's lowest-price Light Six Metropolitan tourer and runabout, at US$3,250,[8] American's entry-level car, at US$4250 (its highest was US$5250),[9] or the Lozier Big Six, starting at US$5,000.[8]
See also[]
- List of automobile manufacturers
- List of defunct automobile manufacturers
Notes[]
- ^ Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.158.
- ^ Kimes, Beverly Rae. The Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1805-1942 (Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 1989), p.774.
- ^ Clymer, p.158.
- ^ Clymer, p.32.
- ^ Clymer, p.63.
- ^ a b c Clymer, p.104.
- ^ Clymer, p.84.
- ^ a b Clymer, p.111.
- ^ Clymer, p.91.
Sources[]
- Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925. New York: Bonanza Books, 1950.
- Kimes, Beverly Rae. "Kirk", in The Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1805-1942, p. 774. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 1989.
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