The Robinson and later Pope-Robinson was part of the Pope automobile group of companies founded by Colonel Albert Pope manufacturing

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History

The company could trace its roots back to Bramwell-Robinson who started as paper box machinery makers going on to make some single-cylinder 3-wheeled cars between 1899 and 1901. The two founders split up in 1900 to each make their own models under their own names, the Bramwell, which continued until 1904 and the Robinson which originally appeared in 1900. The Robinsons were originally made by John T. Robinson and Company becoming the Robinson Motor Vehicle Company in 1902 before joining the Pope group later that year. A new factory was constructed in 1902 and the Robinson automobile became the Pope-Robinson for 1903. John T. Robinson died in 1904 and late in the year

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bought the company in order to secure Pope-Robinson's A.L.A.M. license. The 1903-1904 Pope-Robinson was a

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, situated at the front of the car, produced 24 hp (17.9 kW). A 3-speed sliding transmission was fitted. The channel steel-framed car weighed 2,600 lb (1179 kg). This advanced model, based on the ''

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'' used a modern cellular radiator and competed with the top-line European vehicles.

References

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