Rider Lewis Motor Car Company | |
Type: | Automobile manufacturer |
Industry: | Automotive |
Founder: | Ralph Lewis, George D. Rider |
Successor: | Factory: Nyberg Automobile |
Hq Location: | Anderson, Indiana |
Hq Location Country: | United States |
Key People: | Ralph Lewis, George D. Rider |
Products: | Automobiles |
Production: | 250 approx. |
Production Year: | 1909-1911 |
Rider-Lewis was a brass era automobile built first in Muncie and then Anderson, Indiana from 1908 to 1911.
Ralph Lewis of Boston, designed an overhead valve, overhead cam six-cylinder engine of 40/45-hp. George D. Rider financed manufacturing and the Rider-Lewis Motor Car Company was established. Rider-Lewis introduced the automobile at the Indianapolis Motor Show in March 1908 priced at $2,500 . Production began in Muncie in a converted factory, though in 1909 the company moved to a newly built factory in Anderson, Indiana.
For 1910 the "Excellent Six" was joined by a four-cylinder Model Four automobile selling for $1,050, . In September 1910 the company was in receivership, though production continued. In October the Rider-Lewis property in Anderson was attached by court order when creditors thought Rider-Lewis was preparing to move out of state. A few more Model Fours were built into early 1911, but by March the Rider-Lewis plant was sold to Nyberg Motor Works.