Moline-Knight
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| Production | 1904-19 |
|---|---|
| Body style(s) | roadster, tourer |
| Engine(s) | gasoline |
Moline-Knight was an American brass era automobile manufactured by the Moline Automobile Company at 74 Keokuk Street,[1] East Moline, Illinois, from 1904 to 1919. The car used a Knight engine.
In 1911, the Moline 35 was a two-seat roadster with a 4×6-inch (114×152-mm) gasoline engine and self starter,[2] still a rarity then. It came complete with folding top, windshield, and Prest-O-Lite acetylene tank (for the headlights),[3] all for US$1700.[4] By contrast, a Brush Runabout was US$485,[5] the Gale Model A roadster US$500.[6]the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout US$650,[7] a Colt Runabout US$1500,[8] an Enger 40 US$2000,[9] and American's base model was US$4250.[10]
The 35 was joined in Moline's 1911 lineup by a four- and a five-passenger tourer and a four-passenger "toy tonneau", "all with self-starting", the ads bragged.[11]
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- David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles ISBN 0-7858-1106-0
- Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925. New York: Bonanza Books, 1950.
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