Jewell (automobile)
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Industry | Automotive |
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Founded | 1905 |
Defunct | 1909 |
Fate | Reorganized |
Successor | Croxton-Keeton Motor Car Company |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Herbert A. Croxton |
Products | Automobiles |
Production output | unknown (1906-1909) |
The Jewell Motor Car Company of Massillon, Ohio, formerly the Forest City Motor Car Company, manufactured the Jewell brass era automobile from 1906 to 1909.[1]
History
[edit]A prototype automobile was built by Forest City Motor Car Company but investors moved to Massillon and renamed the car the Jewell. The Jewell was a single-cylinder high-wheeler of 8 to 10hp. In 1908 the marque name was changed to Jewel and a 40hp Rutenber 4-cylinder car was added. In 1909 the company name was changed to Jewel Motor Car Company but by the end of the year the company was reorganized as the Croxton-Keeton Motor Company and the Jewel name was dropped.[1]
- 1906 Jewell 8-hp high-wheeler advertisement
- 1908 Jewel Model D advertisement
- 1909 Jewel Model 40 advertisement
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Kimes, Beverly Rae; Clark Jr., Henry Austin (1996). Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 (3rd ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87341-428-9.