The Janney was a brass era

Brass Era car

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 experimental vehicle, assembled in Flint, Michigan

Flint, Michigan

Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the 2010 population to be placed at 102,434, making Flint the seventh largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the...

 by the Janney Motor Company in 1906. The Janney was a light car with a four-cylinder engine

Engine

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. The company was formed by William C. Durant

William C. Durant

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, and occupied an old Buick

Buick

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plant in Flint. A total of four vehicles were built, before the company was absorbed by Buick. The Janney was later redesigned and became the 1908 Buick Model E10.