Moline Automobile Company
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| Automobile Manufacturing | |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Genre | Roadsters, touring cars |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Defunct | 1919 |
| Headquarters | Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois, United States |
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United States |
| Products | Automobiles Automotive parts |
The Moline Automobile Company (1904 - 1919) was an American brass era automobile manufacturer in Moline, Illinois known for the Moline-Knight.
History
Moline-Knight
The Moline-Knight was an American automobile manufactured by the Moline Automobile Company located at 74 Keokuk Street in East Moline, Illinois, from 1904 to 1919. The car used a Knight engine.[1]
In 1911, the Moline 35 was a two-seat roadster with a 4×6-inch (114×152-mm) gasoline engine and self starter,[1] still a rarity then. It came complete with folding top, windshield, and Prest-O-Lite acetylene tank (for the headlights), all for US$1700.[1] By contrast, a Brush Runabout was US$485, the Gale Model A roadster US$500.[1] the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout US$650, a Colt Runabout US$1500, an Enger 40 US$2000, and American's base model was US$4250.[1]
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.[1]
Features found in a Moline-Knight included sleeve valves and a quiet engine.[2] Some drawbacks were its large oil consumption and its carburetor's sensitivity to altitude.[2]
References
External links
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Sources
- 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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