Predecessor | W. H. Kiblinger Company Auburn, Indiana |
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Founded | 1909 |
Founder | William H. McIntyre |
Defunct | 1915 |
Fate | Bankruptcy |
Successor | DeKalb Manufacturing Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana |
Headquarters | Auburn, Indiana, United States |
Products | Automobiles, Automotive parts |
Production output | 2,048 (1907-1915) |
Brands | Kiblinger, McIntyre, IMP |
The W. H. Kiblinger Company and the W. H. McIntyre Company produced Brass Era automobiles in Auburn, Indiana from 1907 to 1915. [1]
The W. H. Kiblinger Company formed in 1887, manufactured buggies. After W. H. Kiblinger's death in 1894, William H. McIntyre co-purchased the company and began experimenting with automobiles as early as 1897. [2] In 1907 Kiblinger began selling high-wheelers with tiller steering and two-cylinder air-cooled engines as the Kiblinger. Prices started at $250 (equivalent to $8,175in 2023), which the company claimed was the "lowest price successful automobile on the road' [3] [1]
The company grew to occupy a total of five buildings around Auburn, Indiana and employed 400 men. [2] After producing a few hundred Kiblingers, the company building the Success high-wheeler sued Kiblinger for patent infringement. William H. McIntyre resolved the lawsuit by buying out the Kiblinger partners and forming the W. H. McIntyre Company in December, 1908. [1]
W. H. McIntyre Company manufactured both buggies and high-wheelers. A line of two and four-cylinder high-wheelers on a non-patent infringing design, were offered. The McIntyre high-wheeler line of runabouts, tourers and trucks increased until ten different models were available. [1] By 1911, McIntyre introduced a line of standard vehicles by taking over the 4-cylinder 40-hp America produced by the Motor Car Company (New York City), which was marketed as the McIntyre Special. The six-cylinder 40-hp McIntyre Limited was added for 1913, but McIntyre was viewed as a high-wheeler manufacturer and these cars did not sell well. [3] [1]
In 1913 McIntyre introduced the IMP Cyclecar with a 15 horsepower V-twin engine designed by William Stout . McIntyre IMP's sold for $375, (equivalent to $11,561in 2023) and the sales literature stated that they cost "just a 'penny a mile' to run!" [1] Although IMP's sold well, over fifty companies had been formed during the "cyclecar craze" and by 1914 sales were ending. [3] [1]
In 1914 McIntyre made a model 4-25 light car based on the IMP but production of all McIntyres soon ended. [1]
James B. Tudhope of the Tudhope Carriage Companyin Orillia, Ontario formed the Tudhope-McIntyre Company to build high-wheelers in 1908. Automobile parts were supplied from the W.H. McIntyre Company and the bodies were made by Tudehope's carriage company.Tudhope-McIntyres were priced at $550 CAD and production reached 514 vehicles before a fire in August 1909 destroyed the carriage factory. Rebuilding from the fire, Tudhope decided to discontinue high-wheeler production and instead acquired a license to build the Everitt 30. [3]
Year | Model | Engine type / Cyl. | Power bhp (kW) | Wheelbase in | Cost |
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1907-1908 | Kiblinger High-wheeler | 2-cyl. | 4 to 10 HP | 65 | $250 - $450 |
1908-1911 | McIntyre High-wheeler | 2-cyl., 4-cyl. | 12 to 18.2 hp | 69.5 to 75 | $450 - $775 |
1911-1915 | McIntyre Special | 4-cyl. | 30 bhp (22 kW) | 112 | $850-$1,125 |
1913-1914 | IMP Cyclecar | 2-cyl. | 15 hp | 100 | $375 |
1913-1915 | McIntyre Limited | 6-cyl. | 40 hp | 120 | $1,485-$1,275 |
1915 | McIntyre Model 4-25 | 4-cyl, | 25 hp | 106 | $695 |
With slowing sales, by January 1915 the W. H. McIntyre Company was in receivership. The DeKalb Manufacturing Company purchased the assets and assembled some cars for another two years. [2]
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