Rider-Lewis (automobile company) explained

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.

History

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.

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