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The Yale was an automobile by the Kirk Manufacturing Company, a manufacturer of
The 1904 Yale was a
Brass Era
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automobile
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s in Toledo, Ohio
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from 1901 to 1905. It should not be confused with the Yale automobile made in Saginaw, Michigan from 1916 to 1918.
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The 1904 Yale was a touring car
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Th ...
. Equipped with a tonneau
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, the basic model could seat 5 passengers and sold for US$
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1500. The car's engine was a horizontally mounted water-cooled flat-2
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, 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).
A model with a 30 hp (22.4 kW) engine sold for US$2500. A 12-horsepower Yale touring car
Touring car and tourer are both terms for open cars (i.e. cars without a fixed roof).
"Touring car" is a style of open car built in the United States which seats four or more people. The style was popular from the early 1900s to the 1930s.
Th ...
was also sold in 1904 for US$
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1700. It was advertised nationally that year in ''Dun's Review'' as "the simplest, safest and most economical touring car made in America."
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External links
* ''Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly'' (January, 1904)References
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