“Louis Pp.

. the. ‘Kissel. - “Motor Ci

~ Company. in 1906. His ‘sons,-

- George. William,’ “Otto and
Adolph took over the firm

two years. later. Within ‘six .
years, they had built Kissel .
-into a °$1,000,000, corpora-"
tion, with a thousand em-.
ployees. at .an eight . acre.

plant, and sales outlets in ten

‘major cities _and- three
foreign countries: — a
remarkable accomplishment
in the. face of. stiff. com-
petition. — “

From the first, the name ~

Kissel . signified quality at a
sensible price. The side
valve four and six-cylinder
‘models had a full floating
rear axle, « cone clutch, and

la

“Kissel folinded -

_ five,”
Silver * Suggested a new

three-speed. transmission, -

“and were priced:from $1,500
(for the 30 hp) to'$3,000 for '
the larger 6-60 touring car.

*

By 1912, Kissel
an’ age of equivocal adver-
tising claims; for. example,
the company refused to state
whether their ‘semi-touring’

‘model was a four or five

passenger vehicle. It was.
they said, “Roomy for four,
but not overcrowded by
In 1909, Conover T.
speedster - model, and a
prototype, the Silver
Special, appeared the
following year.

‘CHRYSLER
_ LEASING SYSTEM

Janene

Laney CHRYSLER - PLYMOUTH
222-1

; Chrome Yellow.’
was

- producing 3,500 units a year,
: both trucks and cars. It was

‘Gold. ‘Bus ae ee ‘as

_Tesponse to the car's brilliant

colour |. scheme, oF

notorious for ‘indulging’ their™-
warious | odd’
models. At one ‘point; the
Gold Bug featured seats that.
pulled out on either side,

whims in

leaving passengers hanging

precariously overboard.
-George Kissel attempted

to produce a two door sedan

with a differénce — one:~"
door (in the usual place) for |

the driver, the second in the

right rear for. all the oc- 1

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Hallands
W tat

especially owners. “of the’
-Gold * Bugs) developed a’ *
‘Jasting loyalty to'the make, -

“following on ay —
alert you to the: fact that the.

°: - Slowing. ‘down * far in ne!
7 advance" of intersections” or ©
ne road signs.

ok : : . Driving very. slowly and~
oe _ following the centre line. or

atinual. drifting, even
ght,:.. between ‘traffic

mmer.-months. “Although...
Kissel ‘customers . (and

the firm ceased production
in 1931, joining the many -
other casualties of the Great
Depression. .

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