The DeWitt Motor Company produced

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s in a factory in

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from about 1908 through 1910. The vehicles came in two models, a 2-seater runabout and a 2-seater light truck. Both were

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s which much resembled standard buggies of the era, and were powered by a simple 2-cylinder opposed air-cooled engine. The company was started and named after Virgil DeWitt, a

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immigrant to the

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Historical Society: DeWitt Motor Company
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