The Lyons-Knight was an American

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manufactured from 1913 until 1915 in

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History

Three brothers, James W., William P. and George W. Lyons purchased the Atlas Engine Works and reorganized as the Lyons-Atlas Company. The previous Atlas Company manufactured

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gasoline and

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engines, and had developed a line of gasoline engines using the Knight sleeve-valve design. The Lyons-Knight featured Knight sleeve-valve engines and worm-drive rear

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s, that were designed by Harry A. Knox who had previously worked at the Atlas-Knight Automobile Company in

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. Beginning in 1913, the Lyons-Knight Model K-4 offered a

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engine that produced 50- hp and was installed in a choice of five or seven passenger

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, sedan, or berline bodies, using a 130-inch

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. Prices started at $2,900 for the five passenger touring sedan while the berline sedan was $4,300. For 1914 a Model K-6,

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engine was offered with the same wheelbase in either a five or seven passenger touring sedan for $3,200 (). In 1915 only the K-4 model was offered but with the addition of limousine and roadster bodies. Automobile manufacturing ended in 1915 soon after Harry Knox resigned from the company. File:1913 Lyons-Knight Advertising 1.jpg, alt=, 1913 Lyons-Knight Advertising File:1914 Lyons-Knight Advertising.jpg, alt=, 1914 Lyons-Knight Advertising Lyons-Atlas Company continued building engines and manufactured

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marine engines for

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during

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References

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