The Lenawee was a Veteran era American

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manufactured by the Church Manufacturing Company of Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan in 1904.

History

After Church's successful production of the Murray runabout in 1902 and 1903, they produced the Lenawee. The Lenawee was to be the technically advanced successor to the Murray, designed by Andrew Bachle who would become well known as the long-term engineer at Paige-Detroit. The Lenawee was a

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, five-seat

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body automobile, with a horizontal

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engine located beneath the front seat. They were priced at $1,000, {{Inflation, US, 1000, 1904, fmt=eq. Church discontinued Lenawee production after about 15 were built, and returned to the production of wire fences. One Lenawee is extant. File:Lenawee 1904 9.5HP Rear-entrance tonneau on London to Brighton VCR 2010.jpg, alt=, 1904 Lenawee 9 1/2 HP Rear-entrance

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automobile

References

* David Burgess Wise, ''The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles''. Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Michigan Defunct companies based in Michigan Veteran vehicles 1900s cars Cars introduced in 1904 Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1902 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1904 Cars discontinued in 1904