Northern (automobile)

Northern Automobile Company
Type Automobile Manufacturing
Industry Automotive
Genre Roadsters, touring cars, limousines, runabouts[1]
Headquarters Detroit, Michigan,, United States
Area served United States
Products Automobiles
Automotive parts

Northern Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of Brass Era automobiles in Detroit, Michigan, automobiles designed by Charles Brady King.[2]

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History

The 1904 Northern was a runabout model. It could seat 2 passengers and sold for US $750 ($18,460 in 2007). The flat-mounted water-cooled single-cylinder engine, situated at the center of the car, produced 6 hp (4.5 kW). A 2-speed transmission was fitted. The tubular-framed car weighed 950 lb (431 kg) and used Concord springs.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Automotive Industries, Vol. 12. The Class Journal Co., 1906. http://books.google.com/books?id=XtUqAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA257&lpg=PA257&dq=alexander+t.+brown&source=bl&ots=XOWPlp4MEp&sig=1FdHqRXf9taWK7xzvmyqUV6Sjas&hl=en&ei=NC08Tt6XLcrk0QHY_YXhAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=syracuse&f=false. Retrieved August 5, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Frank Leslie. Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. January 1904. 

External Link

Early AmericanAutomobiles Homepage has the picture of a 1904 Northern Tonneau (scroll to mid-page)