The Moline Automobile & The Moline Automobile Co.
The Model D light Touring Car with a side entrance and detachable tonneau making it a two or four passenger automobile. It was equipped with a two cylinder opposed engine developing 12 horsepower. The Model D sold for $1,000.00. The Model B was a larger Touring Car priced at $1,600.00. It was equipped with a forward mounted four cylinder engine rated at 20 horsepower with shaft drive.
1905 Moline Side Entrance Light Touring Car The Moline line of automobiles enjoyed wide spread popularity from 1906 to 1909. During these years The Moline Automobile Co. produced a 100 inch wheelbase Model C light Touring Car with a four cylinder engine developing 18-20 horsepower. It had a three speed sliding gear transmission and priced at $1750.00.
The Moline Model A had the same general lines as the Model C but larger and priced at $2,500.00. The four cylinder engine was also larger and rated at 30-35 horsepower. Priced at $1,000.00 was a popular model G Touring Runabout. This early American Automobile had a two cylinder engine rated at 16 horsepower.
The 1906 British battleship HMS Dreadnought had such an impact on the early 1900 battleships that all others built after were referred to as Dreadnoughts. In 1910 The Moline Automobile Co. took advantage of the Dreadnought popularity and named it's new American Automobiles the "Moline Dreadnaught". In the 1911 advertisement's above the 112 inch wheel base Moline Dreadnaught was referred to as "King of the Road" and priced at $1,700.00. This 1911 Moline was equipped with a new 35 horsepower 4 X 6 long stroke engine. Moline was among the first manufacturers to use a long stroke engine. engine.
By 1912, advertising introduced three self starting Dreadnaught Moline 35 Horsepower automobiles. A five passenger Touring Car, four passenger Toy Tonneau and a Roadster all illustrated above. "See it go at the show" refers to the 1912 New York Auto show and the Chicago show where the Moline had displays. By 1914 the Moline became the Moline-Knight and in 1920 the name was changed to R&V Knight.
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