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and ended in accusations of stock fraud in 1921.

History

Homer T. Severin formed Severin Motor Car Company in his native Kansas City and production began in July 1920. The Severin Model H was offered as a 5-passenger

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for $2,400 ().Automobile Journal, Volume 68, March, 1921 Power came from a

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six-cylinder engine. Homer Severin went to California and announce intentions to move the company to a site in

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. He began selling stock but did not get permits to do so. He decided to leave the automobile business and went into real estate instead. Mohawk Motor Company took over the Severin assets but was bankrupt within a month. Metropolitan Motors Corporation took over the assets to build the remaining 300 Severins from parts on hand. The last Severins were assembled in 1922

References

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