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Did they begin as a bicycle manufacturer? Barney Oldfield's International Motorsports Hall of Fame article [1] led me to ask this question. Royalbroil 15:11, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
Floyd Clymer, Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.190, puts the start date 1897, end 1930. Can somebody with a better source check? Trekphiler ( talk) 09:06, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Generally, US automobile manufacturers used N.A.C.C (North American Chamber of Commerce) or similar power rating. bhp found general use in the first half of the 1920s, so converting power rate of early cars often leads to ijnappropriate results.-- Chief tin cloud ( talk) 16:56, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
1901: 101 c.i. is equivalent to 1,655 cc, not 4,083 cc. Following my main source (Kimes, 1985), in 1901 b x h was 6 1/4 x 7 1/2 in which gives 106.32 c.i = 1742 cc; Kimes further differs in some details of the early history, especially in introduction years for new models and innovations. As both sources, Wise an Kimes, are very trustworthy I cannot decide which facts are correct, so I offer another version for 1901-1904:
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Kimes adresses 1904 as the introduction year for the magneto. The 40/45 is mentioned with a price og US$4250, not 5200.-- Chief tin cloud ( talk) 16:56, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
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Did they begin as a bicycle manufacturer? Barney Oldfield's International Motorsports Hall of Fame article [1] led me to ask this question. Royalbroil 15:11, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
Floyd Clymer, Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.190, puts the start date 1897, end 1930. Can somebody with a better source check? Trekphiler ( talk) 09:06, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Generally, US automobile manufacturers used N.A.C.C (North American Chamber of Commerce) or similar power rating. bhp found general use in the first half of the 1920s, so converting power rate of early cars often leads to ijnappropriate results.-- Chief tin cloud ( talk) 16:56, 7 October 2011 (UTC)
1901: 101 c.i. is equivalent to 1,655 cc, not 4,083 cc. Following my main source (Kimes, 1985), in 1901 b x h was 6 1/4 x 7 1/2 in which gives 106.32 c.i = 1742 cc; Kimes further differs in some details of the early history, especially in introduction years for new models and innovations. As both sources, Wise an Kimes, are very trustworthy I cannot decide which facts are correct, so I offer another version for 1901-1904:
References
Kimes adresses 1904 as the introduction year for the magneto. The 40/45 is mentioned with a price og US$4250, not 5200.-- Chief tin cloud ( talk) 16:56, 7 October 2011 (UTC)