Clarkmobile Explained

Clarkmobile was an automobile first built in 1902 by Frank Clark of Clark & Company in Lansing, Michigan. The first model became available in 1903. A newspaper article referred to the automobile as the 'Unbreakable Clarkmobile' and showed it surviving an accident.

Before the Clarkmobile, Clark & Company Carriage Works built the body for the first test car produced by Ransom E. Olds.[1]

Production ceased in 1904. The Deere-Clark company purchased the company's tools and machinery.[2] Frank Clark went on to make the Clark car in Shelbyville, Indiana.[3]

Features

The Clarkmobile included a number of innovative features such as wheel steering, shaft drive, a front end with hood, and a new engine design.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Clarkmobile — CADL Website . 2009-07-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091025024849/http://www.cadl.org/answers/local-history/auto/clark.html . 2009-10-25 .
  2. Book: Kimes, Beverly Rae . Clark, Henry Austin Jr . Standard Catalog of American Cars: 1805–1942 . Krause Publications . 1996 . Iola, WI . 423 . 978-0-87341-428-9 .
  3. Book: Georgano, N. . G.N. Georgano. Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . 2000 . HMSO . London . 1-57958-293-1.