Yale (automobile)

Kirk Manufacturing Company
Type Automobile Manufacturing
Industry Automotive
Genre Touring cars[1]
Headquarters Toledo, Ohio, United States
Area served United States
Products Vehicles
Automotive parts

Kirk Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of Brass Era automobiles in Toledo, Ohio. Their automobile was marketed as the Yale.[2]

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History

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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References

  1. ^ a b Dun's Review. R. G. Dun & Company, New York, New York, March, 1904 p. 55. http://books.google.com/books?id=iskpAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA8-PA84&lpg=RA8-PA84&dq=Pierce,+Butler+%26+Pierce+Mfg,+Co.,+Syracuse,+NY,+USA+-+The+Largest+Plant+in+the+World+for+the+Exclusive+Manufacture+of+Heating+and+Sanitary+Apparatus&source=bl&ots=9a9HFEa5ms&sig=MK6MH9edCfBFoDiZB50emEQp-hA&hl=en&ei=hbAOTvaMFqrt0gHK1rCtDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=syracuse&f=false. Retrieved July 2, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b c Leslie, Frank. Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. January, 1904.