Caps Brothers Manufacturing Company

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The Caps Brothers Manufacturing Company
Industry Automotive
Founded1905
Defunct1905
Headquarters,
United States
Area served
United States
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The Caps Brothers Manufacturing Company was a very short lived car company in 1905 that was taken over by the Kansas City Motor Car Company, [1] which made cars and trucks from 1905 to 1909 before briefly becoming the Wonder Motor Car Company which made the 1909 Kansas City Wonder car. No examples of any Caps Brothers, Kansas City, or Wonder cars or trucks are known to exist today. [2]

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The Caps Car

The Caps car was available in two body styles; two-seat runabout and tonneau. The gas-powered engine produced 14 horsepower. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Cars, By Lou Phillips[ full citation needed ]
  2. "The Caps Automobile & the Caps Brothers MFG. Co". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-30.