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Napier

Category: Vehicle Marque
Wikipedia: American Napier (automobile)
Description: A manufacturer of automobiles on and off from 1904-1912. Based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Page Sections: History · Photographs · Article Index


History

The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's American Napier (automobile) page on 27 June 2022, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

The American Napier was an automobile sold by the Napier Motor Car Company of America from 1904 until 1912.

Initially, the company imported assembled Napiers from England. From late 1904 the cars were assembled under licence in Jamaica Plain, a section of Boston, Massachusetts, in a building formerly used by the B.F. Sturtevant Company. The cars were offered with both American and British built coachwork.

In 1907 the company experienced financial problems and production was halted.

In 1909 a new company took over and production restarted in March that year. This lasted until 1911 when the Napier Motor Company took over the interests, but this venture barely lasted a year.




Photographs

1911 Napier Tourer Subject:  1911 Napier Tourer
Source:  Antique Automobile: March-April 1972
Article:  News and Events: 23rd Annual Lake Forest Invitational
Caption:  C. Bayard Sheldon's 1911 Napier tourer.
View photo of 1911 Napier Tourer - 1.0MB


Article Index

DateArticleDetails
12 April 1907NAPIER COMPANY BANKRUPT.
On the petition of three Boston creditors, whose claims aggregate $1,300, Judge Dodge appointeed today Arthur J. Farnsworth as receiver of the Napier Motor Company of America, manufacturers of automobiles.
News Article (text)
Publication: The New York Times
Topic: Napier




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