Rare King Motor Car Company Antique Auto Car Magazine Advertisement "King Eight"

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Rare King Motor Car Company Antique Auto Car Magazine Advertisement "King Eight".
Measures 8 inches by 5 inches, one tear (noted in pictures).
Very rare auto ad.
The back has an ad for Dodge Brothers.
King Motor Cars were built from 1911 to 1923.
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From Wikipedia:
Charles Brady King
built his first car in Detroit in 1896. The original plan was to enter it in the November 1895
Chicago Times Herald
auto race, but it was not completed in time. King finished it on March 6, 1896, and it became the first gasoline automobile to be successfully driven on the streets of Detroit.
[1]
Henry Ford
reportedly followed behind on a bicycle on the maiden voyage of the King. The situation in 1896 Detroit was not nearly as pro-automobile as it would be a decade later. Discouraged, King dismantled his car and sold the chassis to
Byron Carter
of future
Cartercar
fame.
[2]
King worked for various other car companies before creating another car in 1910 and establishing the
King Motor Car Company
in February of the following year. The new King car incorporated a number of advanced features, such as a
Gray Motors
engine cast en bloc,
cantilever springs
,
left-hand drive
, and a
centrally-located gearshift
.
[3]
[4]
Possibly its most advanced feature was its lubrication system in which the
flywheel
served as a form of
oil pump
.
[5]
The first factory was rented and located at 1559 West Jefferson, but soon outgrew the space and moved into the former
Hupmobile
plant at Jefferson and Concord in early 1912. Just a few months later, the firm was in
receivership
, possibly from over-expansion.
[3]
The company was bought by chewing gum magnate
Artemus Ward
from New York City in 1912 for ,000.
[6]
He put automobile executive J. G. Bayerline in the president position. Two years later there was a disagreement between the two men and Ward replaced Bayerline in the presidency of the company.
In December 1914, a
V8 engine
was introduced in the King, a scant two months after Cadillac announced its own V8-powered car. Starting in 1916, all Kings were 8-cylinder models.
[1]
Production declined from a peak of 3,000 in 1916 to a company low of 240 in 1923. During the healthier years, the company exported cars to Europe, Australia, South America, South Africa, and Russia.
[3]
Early
4-cylinder
cars were medium-priced at ,350 in basic form, and for ,565 when fully equipped with windshield, hood, and gas lamps. By 1914, even the V8-powered car was only ,350, and was advertised as the "World's First Popular-Priced V8".
[7]
By 1923, prices were ,795–,550.
[1]