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History

The company was begun in 1906Kimes, p.761. as the Kauffman Buggy Company, providing bodies and chassis for Hatfield Motor Vehicle Company, Hatfield, located across town. In 1908, as Hatfield ran into financial difficulties, the two firms merged, to form the Advance Motor Vehicle Company. Under the Advance name, they introduced a four-passenger Roadster (automobile), roadster with a refined version of Hartfield's four-cylinder on a 104 in (2642 mm) wheelbase. The Model C sold for US$1000, Advance became the Kauffman Motor Car Company in 1911, and folded the next year.Kimes, 761.


Notes


Sources

*Clymer, Floyd. ''Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877–1925''. New York: Bonanza Books, 1950. *Kimes, Beverly Rae. ''The Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1805–1942''. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 1989. . *{{Cite book , last = Burgess-Wise , first = David , authorlink = David Burgess-Wise , title = The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles , publisher = BookSales Inc; Rev Upd edition (May 2000) , pages = 559 , isbn = 0-7858-1106-0, year = 2000


See also

*List of automobile manufacturers *List of defunct automobile manufacturers Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Ohio Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States 1900s cars Brass Era vehicles Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1906 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1912 History of Ohio Miamisburg, Ohio Defunct companies based in Dayton, Ohio 1906 establishments in Ohio 1912 disestablishments in Ohio 1910s cars