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

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