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- David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles.
- Clark, Henry Austin Jr. (1985). Kimes, Beverly Rae (ed.). The Standard Catalogue of American Cars 1805-1942 (2nd ed.). Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-111-0.
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