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The Haynes Automobile Company was an American
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{{Kokomo, Indiana Brass Era vehicles Veteran vehicles 1900s cars 1910s cars 1920s cars Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Indiana Companies based in Kokomo, Indiana American companies established in 1905 Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1905 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1924 1905 establishments in Indiana Defunct manufacturing companies based in Indiana
The Haynes Automobile Company was an American automobile
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manufacturing company that produced automobiles in Kokomo, Indiana, from 1905 to 1924. The company was formerly known as the Haynes-Apperson company, and produced automobiles under that name from 1896 to 1905. Co-founder Elwood Haynes
Elwood Haynes (October 14, 1857 – April 13, 1925) was an American inventor, metallurgist, automotive pioneer, entrepreneur and industrialist. He invented the metal alloy stellite and independently co-discovered martensitic stainless steel ...
changed the name of the company after fellow co-founders Elmer and Edgar Apperson left to form the Apperson
The Apperson was a brand of American automobile manufactured from 1901 to 1926 in Kokomo, Indiana.
Company history
The company was founded by the brothers Edgar and Elmer Apperson shortly after they left Haynes-Apperson; for a time they con ...
Brothers Automobile Company in 1901. The company was declared bankrupt in 1924 and went out of business in 1925.
History
The company's history starts in 1895 with the Haynes-Apperson company, which was renamed when the Apperson brothers left in 1905. Beginning in 1914, Haynes offered a "Light Six" at $1485. Their ads boasted that it was, "The result of 22 years successful experience in building motor cars." Haynes also proclaimed it "Americas greatest light six", that it "will travel 22 to 25 miles on one gallon of gas" and "has more than 1 horsepower to every 55 pounds of weight." For 1916, Haynes introduced the "Light Twelve", and refined "Light Six" new series, Models 36 and 37. In 1923, just before going out of business, Haynes introduced the 57, with a 121-inch (3073 mm) wheelbase, in five-seat four-door sedan, three-seatcoupe
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let, and two-seat roadster, advertised as complete with front and rear bumpers, six disc (as opposed to wire
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) wheels, wind wings, sun visors, "artistically fashioned individual steps"Clymer, p.199. (for the running board
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s), and "individual fenders".
''The Haynes Pioneer''
"The Haynes Pioneer" was the official factory magazine of the Haynes Automobile Company. It was named after Elwood Haynes's first car, the 1894 Haynes "Pioneer". The magazine featured articles like "Ocean to Ocean in One Day" and "The 1897 Haynes "Horseless Carriage" Again Becomes Property of the Haynes Company" (1916).In popular culture
Film star Cleo Madison drove a Haynes "Light Six," as did composer and Oz film producer Louis F. Gottschalk and popular vocalist Billy Murray.http://www.denvernightingale.com/photos/haynes.htmlSee also
* List of defunct United States automobile manufacturersNotes
Sources
* Clymer, Floyd. ''Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925''. New York: Bonanza Books, 1950.''National Museum of American History: America on the Move''
{{Kokomo, Indiana Brass Era vehicles Veteran vehicles 1900s cars 1910s cars 1920s cars Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Indiana Companies based in Kokomo, Indiana American companies established in 1905 Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1905 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1924 1905 establishments in Indiana Defunct manufacturing companies based in Indiana