Inter-State
The Inter-State was a Brass Era car built in Muncie, Indiana, by Inter-State Automobile Company from 1909 to 1919.
Inter-State
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- Name
- Inter-State Automobile Company
- Founded
- 1909.
- Headquarters
- Muncie.
- Activity
- automotive industry.
- Products
- car.
- Dissolved
- 1919.
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The Inter-State was a Brass Era car built in Muncie, Indiana, by Inter-State Automobile Company from 1909 to 1919.
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Overview
Overview
It is associated with United States. The record gives 1909 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Activity is recorded as ending in 1919. Its recorded seat is Muncie. The recorded field of activity is automotive industry. Recorded products are car.
This is a trade catalog from the Inter-State Automobile Company, which advertises and lists technical specifications of vehicles they sold, including the Model 34 Torpedo, Model 31A Demi-Tonneau, Forty Touring Car Model 39A, Forty Roadster Model 32A Single Rumble and Model 33A Double Rumble, as well as brief info on newer models 30A, 31A, 32A, 33A, and 34.
Inter-State Automobile Company (Muncie, Ind.) · This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Indiana State Library and Historical Bureau as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America
This is a trade catalog from the Inter-State Automobile Company, which advertises and lists technical specifications of vehicles they sold, including the Model 34 Torpedo, Model 31A Demi-Tonneau, Forty Touring Car Model 39A, Forty Roadster Model 32A Single Rumble and Model 33A Double Rumble, as well as brief info on newer models 30A, 31A, 32A, 33A, and 34.
Inter-State Automobile Company (Muncie, Ind.) · This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Indiana State Library and Historical Bureau as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Inter-State Automobile Company • Founder — Thomas F. Hart • Fate — Sold plant to General Motors • Hq Location City — Muncie, Indiana • Hq Location Country — United States • Key People — Thomas F. Hart, Frank C. Ball • Industry — Automotive • Products — Vehicles Automotive parts • Production — 8,179 • Production Year — 1909-1918 • Illustration — 1911 Inter-State Model 31-A Demi-Touring • Illustration — 1916 Inter-State Touring Car • Illustration — Inter-State Automobile Company Plant (1910)
Company name
Company name
Thomas F. Hart announced in October 1908 the winning name of his new company, chosen via a contest. The Inter-State Automobile Company set up shop at 142 Willard Street. Ads stated "we could get more for this car." Originally, all Inter-States were mid-market, both in size and price, with four-cylinder engines. In 1913, 6-cylinder engines were added. Receivership followed in the fall of 1913. Thomas Hart cited "internal dissention and his inability to secure working capital because of disagreement among stockholders." In February 1914, Frank C. Ball (one of the original Inter-State investors) bought the Inter-State factory and real estate. This resulted in a renaming of the parent company to the Inter-State Motor Company.
General Motors
General Motors
In 1915, a new Beaver 4-cylinder low-priced car was released. By May 1918, automobile production was suspended in favor of war work. In late February 1919, F. C. Ball announced he would be resuming passenger car production, but by March of the same year, Ball sold the Inter-State factory to General Motors for them to produce their new Sheridan.
Overview of production figures
Overview of production figures
• Year — Production — Model • 1909 — 323 • 1910 — 627 • 1911 — 839 — Model 31 A; Model 34 • 1912 — 1.012 • 1913 — 614 • 1914 — 117 • 1915 — 1.123 • 1916 — 1.238 • 1917 — 1.413 • 1918 — 876 • Sum — 8.182
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Advertisements
• Illustration — 1911 Inter-State Forty Touring Car Model 39A from brochure • Illustration — Inter-State advertisement (1912) • Illustration — Inter-State advertisement (1912) • Illustration — 1916 Inter-State advertisement
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1909
Inter-State established.
1909
Inter-State is recorded from 1909.
1919
Inter-State ceased.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Kimes, Beverly Rae. Standard Catalog of American Cars: 1805-1942. Krause Publications. 1996. 978-0-87341-428-9.
- 2.Wise, David Burgress. The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles. Chartwell Books. 2000. 0-7858-1106-0.
- 3.Hand book of automobiles (1911). Model 31 A. 1911-01-15.
- 4.Hand book of automobiles (1911). Model 34. 1911-01-15.
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