`The Jeffery brand of

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s were manufactured by the

Thomas B. Jeffery Company The Thomas B. Jeffery Company was an American automobile manufacturer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, from 1902 until 1916. The company manufactured the Rambler and Jeffery brand motorcars. It was preceded by the Gormully & Jeffery Manufacturing Company ...

Kenosha, Wisconsin Kenosha () is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Kenosha County. Per the 2020 census, the population was 99,986 which made it the fourth-largest city in Wisconsin. Situated on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, Kenos ...

History

The company was founded by

Charles T. Jeffery Charles Thomas Jeffery (13 May 1876 – 10 November 1935) was an American businessman. Early life He was the son of Thomas B. Jeffery, founder of Thomas B. Jeffery Company, an automobile manufacturer. Career When his father died in 1910, C ...

and

Thomas B. Jeffery Thomas Buckland Jeffery (5 February 1845 – 2 April 1910) was a British emigrant to the United states who co-founded the Gormully & Jeffery company which made the Rambler bicycle. He invented the "clincher" rim which was widely used to fit tires ...

, and sold under the brand name ''Rambler'' between 1902 and 1913. On the death of the founder, Thomas Jeffery in 1910, his son Charles took over the business. In 1915, Charles T. Jeffery, changed the automotive branding from ''Rambler'' to ''Jeffery'' to honor the founder, his father, Thomas B. Jeffery. Production continued until 1917 when it was sold to Charles W. Nash, former president of

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, and formed the foundation of the

Nash Motors Nash Motors Company was an American automobile manufacturer based in Kenosha, Wisconsin from 1916 to 1937. From 1937 to 1954, Nash Motors was the automotive division of the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation. Nash production continued from 1954 to 195 ...

Company. Nash Motors went on to become

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, in 1954 merging with

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to form

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Corporation (AMC), finally bought out by

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in 1987 and becoming the Jeep-Eagle Division of Chrysler.

Models

The 1914 to 1917 Jeffery Four was a new monobloc

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car of 40

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on a 118-inch

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. The Jeffery Six (called the Chesterfield Six in 1915) was a 48 hp

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car on a 128 inch chassis. The cars were moderately priced from $1,550 to $1,950, () and came in open or closed body styles. The Jeffery cars were available with special bodies that were manufactured by the W.S. Seaman Company. Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Seaman was 50% owned by the Jeffery Company and it also supplied bodies for other automakers as well as for trucks, buses, and ambulances. One of the models was " Touring" and approximately 1,350 were made from 1914 until 1916. File:Jeffery 1915.JPG, alt=, 1915 Jeffery roadster File:1916 Jeffery.jpg, alt=, 1916 Jeffery touring car

Jeffery Quad

Main article;

Jeffery Quad The Jeffery Quad, also known as the Nash Quad or Quad is a four-wheel drive, 1-ton rated truck that was developed and built by the Thomas B. Jeffery Company from 1913 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and after 1916 by Nash Motors, which acquired the Jeffer ...

The company made four-wheel-drive trucks and

Jeffery armored car The Jeffery armored car was an armored car developed by the US and Canada. It saw heavy use in World War I. Armored Car No. 1 The Jeffery Armored Car No.1 was developed by the Thomas B. Jeffery Company in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1915 with a hull fr ...

s as well as supplying the chassis to other firms.

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References

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