Kidder Motor Vehicle Company was a veteran era automobile manufacturer started in 1899 in

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History

Inventor Wellington P. Kidder experimented with

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and established the Kidder Motor Vehicle Company in New Haven to produce them. Kidder Model 2 was a $1,000 runabout and Model B was a $1,600 delivery wagon. The twin cylinders of its motor were placed on each side of the

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at the back of the vehicle with

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to the rear axle. In 1903 the company voted to discontinue it's corporate existence.

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