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(Redirected from Jewel (automobile)) Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer
Forest City Motor Car Company
Jewel Motor Car Company
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1905; 120 years ago (1905)
Defunct1909; 116 years ago (1909)
FateReorganized
SuccessorCroxton-Keeton Motor Car Company
HeadquartersMassillon, Ohio, United States
Key peopleHerbert A. Croxton
ProductsAutomobiles
Production outputunknown (1906-1909)

The Jewell Motor Car Company of Massillon, Ohio, formerly the Forest City Motor Car Company, manufactured the Jewell brass era automobile from 1906 to 1909.

History

A prototype automobile was built by Forest City Motor Car Company but investors moved to Massillon and renamed the car the Jewell. The Jewell was a single-cylinder high-wheeler of 8 to 10hp. In 1908 the marque name was changed to Jewel and a 40hp Rutenber 4-cylinder car was added. In 1909 the company name was changed to Jewel Motor Car Company but by the end of the year the company was reorganized as the Croxton-Keeton Motor Company and the Jewel name was dropped.

  • 1906 Jewell 8-hp high-wheeler advertisement 1906 Jewell 8-hp high-wheeler advertisement
  • 1908 Jewel Model D advertisement 1908 Jewel Model D advertisement
  • 1909 Jewel Model 40 advertisement 1909 Jewel Model 40 advertisement

References

  1. ^ Kimes, Beverly Rae; Clark Jr., Henry Austin (1996). Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 (3rd ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87341-428-9.
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