Grant (automobile)

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The Grant Motor Co was an American automobile manufacturing company from 1913 to 1922, based in Findlay, Ohio. [1] [2] The company produced several thousand four- and six-cylinder automobiles, and exported cars to England as Whiting-Grant. [1] In 1916, a five-passenger touring car produced by the company sold for US$ 795. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Wise, David Burgress (2000). The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. Chartwell Books. ISBN   0-7858-1106-0.[ page needed ]
  2. 1 2 Automobile Year Book. Automobile department of McClure's magazine, The McClure Publications, inc. 1916.[ page needed ]