Special Motor Vehicle Company

Special Motor Vehicle Company
legal form	Company
founding	1902
resolution	1910
Reason for dissolution	insolvency
Seat	Cincinnati , Ohio , USA
Branch	Automobiles

Special Motor Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

GH Eveland, MT Eveland, Frank Scott, Tom A. Scott and EC Shunard founded the company in 1902. The Horseless Age reported about it on January 29, 1902. The seat was in Cincinnati , Ohio . At first it was a car dealership , later also for Ford vehicles. There was also a repair shop. In 1904 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Special . Vehicle production ended in the same year.

The Horseless Age reported bankruptcy on October 19, 1910 .

vehicles

The vehicles were created according to customer orders. The engine developed 9 hp .

literature

• George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1481 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 1481 (English).
2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 267 (English).
3. ↑ The Horseless Age, January 29, 1902 (accessed February 23, 2019)
4. ↑ The Horseless Age of October 19, 1910 (accessed February 23, 2019)