Courier Car Co.

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The Courier Car Co. was an automobile manufacturer founded in 1909 by Stoddard-Dayton in Dayton, Ohio to manufacture smaller, lighter, and cheaper models of cars than the parent company.

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The advertising slogans advertised an early form of mid-range car : “Don't buy more car than you need…. Don't buy a car with more power or a larger interior space than you need! ”The cars were built on chassis with a 2540 mm wheelbase and the engine developed 22.5 bhp (16.5 kW). There were four-cylinder models with 3245 cm³ or 3638 cm³ displacement.

The cars were comparable in size to the Ford Model T , but had three forward gears instead of just two as on the Ford. The Courier also took on the gas better. There were only two different bodies. A four-seat touring car and a two-seat Sportster.

Together with Stoddard-Dayton, Courier was also part of the United States Motor Company . After the takeover, the models offered in 1912 were called Courier Clermont . Production ended in 1912. United States Motor Company collapsed in 1913.

Courier manufactured in the former Kinsey Manufacturing facility on the southwest corner of Wayne Avenue and State Street (now Fourth Street). Today the Dayton Plumbing Supply Co. resides there .

The discovery and restoration of a Courier is covered in a chapter in Ralph Steubenrauch's book The Fun of Old Cars .

literature

  • Self, Michael: Made in Dayton! Dayton Journal-Herald, January 13, 1975.

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