McIntyre Automobile
{{short description|Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer}}
{{Infobox company
| name = W. H. McIntyre Company
| logo = 1910 McIntyre logo detail from Motor Age Magazine.jpg
| logo_caption = "The right car for the most people."
| image = 1909 McIntyre Model M Runabout (31220358918).jpg
| image_caption = 1909 McIntyre Model M Runabout
| predecessor = W. H. Kiblinger Company Auburn, Indiana
| founded = {{Start date and age|1909}}
| founder = William H. McIntyre
| defunct = {{end date and age|1915}}
| fate = Bankruptcy
| successor = DeKalb Manufacturing Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana
| hq_location = Auburn, Indiana, United States
| products = Automobiles, Automotive parts
| production = 2,048
| production_year = 1907-1915
| brands = Kiblinger, McIntyre, IMP
}}
The W. H. Kiblinger Company and the W. H. McIntyre Company produced Brass Era automobiles in Auburn, Indiana from 1907 to 1915.{{Kimes-USCars3rd}}
History
= Kiblinger =
The W. H. Kiblinger Company formed in 1887, manufactured buggies. After W. H. Kiblinger's death in 1894, William H. McIntyre co-purchased the company and began experimenting with automobiles as early as 1897. In 1907 Kiblinger began selling high-wheelers with tiller steering and two-cylinder air-cooled engines as the Kiblinger. Prices started at $250 ({{Inflation|US|250|1907|fmt=eq}}), which the company claimed was the "lowest price successful automobile on the road'{{Georgano-EncAuto3v}}
The company grew to occupy a total of five buildings around Auburn, Indiana and employed 400 men.{{cite web |title=Man for a New Century - Archived copy |url=http://www.kpcnews.net/special-sections/cruising1/cruising4.html |url-status=dead |accessdate=2011-06-14 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120803124844/http://www.kpcnews.net/special-sections/cruising1/cruising4.html |archivedate=2012-08-03}} After producing a few hundred Kiblingers, the company building the Success high-wheeler sued Kiblinger for patent infringement. William H. McIntyre resolved the lawsuit by buying out the Kiblinger partners and forming the W. H. McIntyre Company in December, 1908.
File:1907 Kiblinger Model H Advertisement.jpg|alt=|1907 Kiblinger Model H Advertisement
= McIntyre =
W. H. McIntyre Company manufactured both buggies and high-wheelers. A line of two and four-cylinder high-wheelers on a non-patent infringing design, were offered. The McIntyre high-wheeler line of runabouts, tourers and trucks increased until ten different models were available. By 1911, McIntyre introduced a line of standard vehicles by taking over the 4-cylinder 40-hp America produced by the Motor Car Company (New York City), which was marketed as the McIntyre Special. The six-cylinder 40-hp McIntyre Limited was added for 1913, but McIntyre was viewed as a high-wheeler manufacturer and these cars did not sell well.
File:1908 McIntyre advertisement in the Cycle & Automobile Journal.jpg|alt=|1908 full-line McIntyre advertisement
File:1910 McIntyre 20 Hp Ad Motor Age Magazine.jpg|alt=|1910 McIntyre 20-hp advertisement
File:1911 McIntyre advertisement in The Cycle and Auto Trade Journal.jpg|alt=|1911 McIntyre Special advertisement
IMP Cyclecar
In 1913 McIntyre introduced the IMP Cyclecar with a 15 horsepower V-twin engine designed by William Stout . McIntyre IMP's sold for $375, ({{Inflation|US|375|1913|fmt=eq}}) and the sales literature stated that they cost "just a 'penny a mile' to run!" Although IMP's sold well, over fifty companies had been formed during the "cyclecar craze" and by 1914 sales were ending.
In 1914 McIntyre made a model 4-25 light car based on the IMP but production of all McIntyres soon ended.
File:1913 IMP Cyclecar from Automobile Topics Magazine.jpg|alt=|1913 IMP Cyclecar Advertisement
File:1914 Imp Cyclecar article from the Cycle and Automobile Trade Journal.jpg|alt=|1914 IMP Cyclecar in London
File:1915 McIntyre Model 25 advertisement excerpt from The Cycle & Auto Trade Journal.jpg|alt=|1915 McIntyre Model 25 advertisement
Tudhope-McIntyre
James B. Tudhope of the Tudhope Carriage Companyin Orillia, Ontario formed the Tudhope-McIntyre Company to build high-wheelers in 1908. Automobile parts were supplied from the W.H. McIntyre Company and the bodies were made by Tudehope's carriage company.Tudhope-McIntyres were priced at $550 CAD and production reached 514 vehicles before a fire in August 1909 destroyed the carriage factory. Rebuilding from the fire, Tudhope decided to discontinue high-wheeler production and instead acquired a license to build the Everitt 30.
File:Canadian Automotive Museum IMG 0294 (20066613154).jpg|alt=|1908 Tudhope-McIntyre at the Canadian Automotive Museum
File:165. Tudhope Fire at Orillia, Ontario, Aug. 1909 (26457034791).jpg|alt=|1909 Tudehope factory fire, Orillia, Ontario
Model Overview, 1907–1915
| class="wikitable" | |||||
| Year | Model | Engine type / Cyl. | Power bhp (kW) | Wheelbase in | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1907-1908 | Kiblinger High-wheeler | 2-cyl. | 4 to 10 HP | 65 | $250 - $450 |
| 1908-1911 | McIntyre High-wheeler | 2-cyl., 4-cyl. | 12 to 18.2 hp | 69.5 to 75 | $450 - $775 |
| 1911-1915 | McIntyre Special | 4-cyl. | {{convert|30|bhp|abbr=on}} | 112 | $850-$1,125 |
| 1913-1914 | IMP Cyclecar | 2-cyl. | 15 hp | 100 | $375 |
| 1913-1915
|McIntyre Limited |6-cyl. |40 hp |120 |$1,485-$1,275 | |||||
| 1915
|McIntyre Model 4-25 |4-cyl, |25 hp |106 |$695 |
Fate
External links
- [https://eplcharliechat.wordpress.com/2014/11/06/throwback-thursday-w-h-mcintyre-co-in-the-john-martin-smith-collection/ W. H. McIntyre Co - Eckhart Public Library]
- [https://www.canadianautomotivemuseum.com/1908-tudhopemcintyre 1908 Tudehope-McIntyre at the Canadian Automotive Museum]
- [https://www.conceptcarz.com/view/model/1212/mcintyre.aspx McIntyre vehicles at ConceptCarz]
- [https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20498/lot/408/ 1910 McIntyre Model B-1 - Bonhams]
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References
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Category:Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States
Category:Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Indiana
Category:Cars introduced in 1907
Category:Cars introduced in 1913
Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1908
Category:Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1915