The Shad-Wyck was an American

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manufactured from 1917 until 1918 in

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History

Run by the automobile dealer Shadburne Brothers of

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, the company's initial offerings seem to have been rebranded

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cars. The name of the car was meant to invoke the famous Chadwick and advertising used images of the Roamer to represent a Shad-Wyck. Bour-Davis had been purchased by the brothers and production moved from

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to Frankfort. They announced that they would also be producing cars to their own designs but there is doubt if this ever happened. Bour-Davis was sold again to the Louisiana Motor Car Company and moved to Shreveport where production continued until 1923. The Shadborne Brothers returned to Chicago and a new line of Shad-Wyck models was announced as late as 1920. No cars were actually made.

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