Redpath Motor Vehicle Company
{{Short description|Small automobile manufacturer in Canada in the early 20th century}}
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The Redpath Motor Vehicle Company was a small automobile manufacturer in Ontario, Canada in the early 20th century. It was located in Kitchener from 1893 – 1902 by Walter Redpath of Keene ON in a partnership with Andrew Reid of Toronto ON.
The Redpath Messenger had a wooden carriage body using a one-cylinder engine with shaft drive and two speed manual transmission. It was the first vehicle in automotive history with a tilt steering wheel. It weighed approx {{convert|650|lb|kg}} and sold for between $600 and $700. Top speed of {{convert|10|mph|km/h}}.
There is one 1903 model known to exist on display at Canadian Automotive Museum.{{cite web |url=http://www.canadianautomotivemuseum.com/our-collection/canadian-cars-1903-1919 |title=Canadian Automotive Museum Canadian Cars 1903–1919 }}
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- {{cite web
| title = Kitchener Car is star of auto museum
| url = http://openbroadcaster.pro/redpath-messenger-automobile
| publisher = Waterloo Region Record
| author = Koch, Henry
| date =
| quote = the scrap pile went up and the stock went down
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- {{cite web
| title = Canadian Automotive Museum Canadian Cars 1903–1919
| url = http://www.canadianautomotivemuseum.com/our-collection/canadian-cars-1903-1919/redpath-messenger.html
| publisher = Canadian Automotive Museum
| author =
| date =
| quote = Redpath Model: 1903 Redpath Messenger Origin: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
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- {{cite web
| title = Redpath Motor Vehicle Company in a Kitchener shop
| url = http://m.kitchenerpost.ca/opinion-story/5906929-de-boer-s-treasures
| publisher = Kitchener Post
| author = John, De Boer
| date =
| quote = it has only two speeds — slow and reverse
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