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Yale (automobile)

Yale (automobile)

Automobile by the Kirk Manufacturing Company

This article is about the car made by Kirk Manufacturing Company. For the car made by Saginaw Motor Company, see Yale (1916 automobile).

The Yale was an automobile by the Kirk Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of Brass Era automobiles in Toledo, Ohio, from 1901 to 1905.[2]

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History

Yale car, 1903

The 1904 Yale was a touring car. Equipped with a tonneau, the basic model could seat 5 passengers and sold for US$1500. The car's engine was a horizontally mounted water-cooled flat-2, mid-mounted, which produced 16 hp (11.9 kW). It powered the wheels through a 2-speed transmission. The car weighed 1800 lb (816 kg).[2]

A model with a 30 hp (22.4 kW) engine sold for US$2500.[2] A 12-horsepower Yale touring car was also sold in 1904 for US$1700. It was advertised nationally that year in Dun's Review as "the simplest, safest and most economical touring car made in America."[1]

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Kirk Manufacturing Company - The Yale Touring Car - 1904
  • Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly (January, 1904)

References

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  1. [1]
    Dun's Review. R. G. Dun & Company, New York, New York, March, 1904 p. 55. 1904. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
  2. [2]
    Leslie, Frank. Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. January, 1904.


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