Ames (automobile)
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The Ames was an American
automobile
manufactured in Owensboro, Kentucky
from 1910 to 1915. A beetle-backed "gentleman's roadster
" and a five-passenger tourer were the first models offered for sale by the company.
Ames Motor Car Company was founded in 1910, by Frederick A. Ames, who converted his carriage plant into an automobile plant. From 1910 to 1911, the Ames Motor Car Company had one design of chassis, one engine, and two different body styles. Following gaining additional capital in 1912, Ames produced three different chassis and engines, and still only two body styles. Not long after, the AMCC went back to the one chassis one engine philosophy, though they had a hard time deciding which wheelbase and which engine to keep. The company stopped producing automobiles in 1915. The last model the company made was called "The Kentucky Thoroughbred."
Output for AMCC was 50 units a month for the duration of its existence, and the cars sold for $1,500.00, a deal which led a Texas automobile dealer to call them, "the best fifteen hundred dollar car" in the country.
Later production was of special racing bodies for the Ford Model T
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Automobile
An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
manufactured in Owensboro, Kentucky
Owensboro, Kentucky
Owensboro is the fourth largest city by population in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the county seat of Daviess County. It is located on U.S. Route 60 about southeast of Evansville, Indiana, and is the principal city of the Owensboro, Kentucky, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's...
from 1910 to 1915. A beetle-backed "gentleman's roadster
Roadster
A roadster is a two-seat open car with emphasis on sporty handling and without a fixed roof or side weather protection. Strictly speaking a roadster with wind-up windows is a convertible but as true roadsters are no longer made the distinction is now irrelevant...
" and a five-passenger tourer were the first models offered for sale by the company.
Ames Motor Car Company was founded in 1910, by Frederick A. Ames, who converted his carriage plant into an automobile plant. From 1910 to 1911, the Ames Motor Car Company had one design of chassis, one engine, and two different body styles. Following gaining additional capital in 1912, Ames produced three different chassis and engines, and still only two body styles. Not long after, the AMCC went back to the one chassis one engine philosophy, though they had a hard time deciding which wheelbase and which engine to keep. The company stopped producing automobiles in 1915. The last model the company made was called "The Kentucky Thoroughbred."
Output for AMCC was 50 units a month for the duration of its existence, and the cars sold for $1,500.00, a deal which led a Texas automobile dealer to call them, "the best fifteen hundred dollar car" in the country.
Later production was of special racing bodies for the Ford Model T
Ford Model T
The Ford Model T is an automobile that was produced by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company from September 1908 to May 1927...
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