The Liberty Motor Car Company was a vintage era

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maker based in

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from 1916 to 1923.

History

Liberty Motor Car Company was started in February 1916 with capital stock of $400,000 to produce medium-priced cars. Percy Owen, vice-president of

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was president and R. E. Cole was Engineer. The R.C.H. automobile factory was purchased for production. The Liberty car was introduced at the Hotel Pontchartrain in Detroit in the summer of 1916. A total of 733 cars were produced in its first year increasing to 11,217 cars in 1921. A new factory was built in 1921 but the expansion along with the Depression of 1920-1921 caused financial issues. Reorganization while under

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failed and in September 1923, it was acquired by

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. Columbia failed the following year and the plant was sold to Budd Wheel Company.

Models

Only one model named Liberty Six was offered, propelled by a monobloc 3394 cc Continental Motors 6-cylinder engine. In 1921 Liberty began using a new six-cylinder engine of their own design.

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body styles were used. Total production of Liberty Six's was nearly 37,000. Factory prices ranged from $1,095 in 1919 to $2,095 in 1923, .

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