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- ↑ Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. 2000. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3.
- Georgano, G.N., "Adams", in G.N. Georgano, ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars 1885–1968 (New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., 1974), pp. 27.
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