| 词条 | Kansas City Motor Car Company |
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|name = Kansas City Motor Car Company |logo = |type = Automobile Manufacturing |genre = |foundation = 1905 |founder = |fate = |location_city = Kansas City, Missouri |location_country = United States |key_people = |area_served = United States |industry = Automotive |products = Vehicles Automotive parts |services = |market cap = |revenue = |operating_income = |net_income = |assets = |equity = |num_employees = |title = |parent = |divisions = |subsid = |owner = |homepage = |defunct = 1909 |footnotes = }} The Kansas City Motor Car Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in the Sheffield neighborhood in Northeast Kansas City, Missouri from 1905 to 1909[1] and was one of the twenty now defunct automakers operating out of Kansas City in the early 20th century.[2] HistoryThe Kansas City Motor Car Company was formed when the Caps brothers of The Caps Brothers Manufacturing Company who had only been building cars for a few months in 1905 merged their interest in a new company called The Kansas City Motor Car Company. The Kansas City Motor Car Company offered a wide range of vehicles from 1905 to 1909, when in a last ditch effort to stay in business, the company was reorganized as The Wonder Motor Car Company and manufactured the Kansas City Wonder Automobile briefly in 1909. No examples of any Caps Brothers, Kansas City, or Wonder cars or trucks are known to exist today.[3] ModelsThrough their five years in the business, the Kansas City Motor Car Company manufactured a full line of vehicles ranging early on from two to four and five seater cars with 20 horse air cooled two cylinder engines and 50 horsepower four cylinder engines. Later in May 1906 the company announced they would be changing all of their models and equipping them with a new water cooled six cylinder engine with an advertised 75 horsepower. Surviving advertisements and a contemporary newspaper stated that commercial vehicles were also made and were rated to haul 1, 2, 3, 6,[4] and 8[5] tons. Press CoverageVery little information on these cars has survived. Just a handful of advertisements and a couple newspapers and magazines of the day. 1905 Chicago and New York motor showsThe Kansas City Star, 10 December 1905 › Page 6: "The Chicago and New York motor shows are now interesting Kansas City motorists. Up to this time there has been little interest shown by Kansas City drivers in the big shows of the country. This was because there were few automobile men here. Among those who are planning to attend the New York show are Frank E. Weir and George K. Wheeler of the Kansas City Motor Car company, L. P. Moriarty and H. G. Biakesley, secretary of the Kansas City Automobile club. At the Chicago show the Kansas City Motor Car Company will have an exhibit. This company, the only automobile manufacturing establishment in Kansas City, will show several cars. The list includes a touring car, a runabout, an eight-ton truck and a couple of delivery wagon» of which the company has been making a specialty, George Chambers of Lawrence, Kas., last week purchased a touring car from the Kansas City Motor Car company. With J. E. Caps of the company he drove the car to Iawrence. The roads were in good condition and the trip was a successful one."[6] This 1905 article states that the Kansas City Motor Car Company was "the only automobile manufacturing establishment in Kansas City", although several other makers were in town even less information on these has survived. 1906 Race Car and Buffalo to Boston test runThe August 9, 1906 issue of The Automobile twice mentions the Kansas City Motor Car Company in the News and Trade Miscellany section, first they report on a possible race car: "Plans for a big racing car are said to be under consideration by the Kansas City Motor Car Company in Kansas City, Mo." The magazine goes on to cover the upcoming two ton commercial wagon test run: "On August 15 the Kansas City Motor Car Company of Kansas City, Mo will start a two ton commercial wagon on a test run from Buffalo, N.Y., to Boston passing through Utica, Syracuse, Schenectady, New York City, New Haven, New London, and Providence R.I. to Boston. It is expected that Boston will be reached by August, 22. The total distance is about 850 miles. George K. Wheeler general manager of the company, J. E. Caps, two chauffeurs and newspaper men and representatives of the A. A. A. will constitute the party; a 50-horsepower Kansas City tourabout will also make the trip."[7] {{clear}}See alsoCaps Brothers Manufacturing CompanyWonder Motor Car Company List of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States List of automobile manufacturers of the United States Brass Era car History of the automobile History of the Kansas City metropolitan area References1. ^http://www.american-automobiles.com/Kansas-City.html 2. ^http://www.american-automobiles.com/Kansas-City.html 3. ^http://www.american-automobiles.com/Kansas-City.html 4. ^http://www.american-automobiles.com/Kansas-City.html 5. ^Kansas City Star, 10 December 1905 › Page 6 6. ^The Kansas City Star, 10 December 1905 › Page 6 7. ^The Automobile, August 9, 1906, page 191 7 : Brass Era vehicles|Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1905|Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States|Companies based in Missouri|Defunct companies based in Missouri|Manufacturing companies based in Kansas City, Missouri|Motor vehicle assembly plants in Missouri |
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