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A Page-Adrian Mystery?
Dave Foster from Laoag City (Philippines) sends this friendly letter and intriguing issue regarding a seemingly not identified make of car:
"These advertisements cropped up on a Stationary Engine forum I belong to as the Page Gas Engine Co obviously specialised in stationary engines. It is believed that the car only progressed to prototype stage but this is not confirmed. It does seem suprising that they would advertise prior to manufacture yet the small advertisement does tell the reader to "wait". I have checked my copy of The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile and can not find a reference to Page-Adrian cars. I thought this information maybe possibly be useful to you as a subject for the daily editorial feature. Keep up the good work."
Editor: when researching rare cars you need more reference than one book, no matter the authority the book has. For rare American cars the ultimate reference is the Standard Catalogue of American Cars 1805(!)-1942 by Beverley Rae Kimes & Henry Austin Clark. Only a few years ago a reprint came out. In our 1988 second edition you will find at the bottom of page 1101 (only a bit over halfway the fat very well researched piece of literature) 'Page-Adrian, Michigan (1907-1909) "... the vehicles produced were only prototypes..." and just a little bit more. A picture of the 'prototypes' is not available. Anybody who can jump in here? We would love to see the 'Racy Looking Car' mentioned in the advert above.
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lunedì maggio 11th, 2015
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12 Maggio 2015, 20:14
The ad for the Page-Adrian car was published in several periodicals like MoToR and The Automobile in the midst of 1907. Later that year as well as in 1908 however they published small ads only for their 4 cylinder 2 cycle engine. So apparently their main object had changed from selling cars to selling their engines. Maybe the 1907 ad was just a means to test the interest for a complete car and apparently this proved to be not large enough to really start production.
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12 Maggio 2015, 14:16
As far as I know there have been several attempts to establish a motorcar under the name Page at the beginning of the 20th century. A certain Charles B. Page is said to have built an Electric car which could reach a speed of 20 mph. Unfortunately neither do I know the country nor the period this took place.
Between 1905 and 1907 a company called “Page Motor Vehicle Company” in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, manufactured a Runabout with a 2cylinder-Two-stroke-engine (10HP), a two-speed-gearbox and shaftdrive. The car had a price of circa 750 Dollars. It is said that the brain behind this car was a Mr. J. H. Hardy. One of the directors was Victor W. Page who built Victor-Page-Cars after WWI.
In 1906 a certain company called “Church Manufacturing Company” moved into the facilities of the “Page Woven Wire Company” (in Adrian, Michigan, USA) and started to build cars (Runabout, Tourer and perhaps even a lorry). But this company completed only prototypes in 1906 and concentrated increasingly on the activities of their second company “Page Gas Engine Company”. From 1907 onwards they produced engines and some more prototypes of cars. Among these prototypes, one could be equipped with the “Gyroskopic engine” Mr. J. Wallace Page bought in 1909 as a patent from “Blomstrom Manufacturing Company” in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Some of Page's employees later collaborated with people from the “Lion Motor Car Company”: It is said that they built Lion-Cars from 1910 to 1912.
The “Victor W. Page Motors Corporation” in East Stamford, Connecticut, USA, is said to have built automobiles between 1921 and 1924. The name of the car was “Victor Page”.
That's all I could find out about the very mysterious Page-cars. All the best to you and all the friends of prewarcar.com
Regards
Malte Jürgens, Stuttgart
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Between 1905 and 1907 a company called “Page Motor Vehicle Company” in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, manufactured a Runabout with a 2cylinder-Two-stroke-engine (10HP), a two-speed-gearbox and shaftdrive. The car had a price of circa 750 Dollars. It is said that the brain behind this car was a Mr. J. H. Hardy. One of the directors was Victor W. Page who built Victor-Page-Cars after WWI.
In 1906 a certain company called “Church Manufacturing Company” moved into the facilities of the “Page Woven Wire Company” (in Adrian, Michigan, USA) and started to build cars (Runabout, Tourer and perhaps even a lorry). But this company completed only prototypes in 1906 and concentrated increasingly on the activities of their second company “Page Gas Engine Company”. From 1907 onwards they produced engines and some more prototypes of cars. Among these prototypes, one could be equipped with the “Gyroskopic engine” Mr. J. Wallace Page bought in 1909 as a patent from “Blomstrom Manufacturing Company” in Detroit, Michigan, USA. Some of Page's employees later collaborated with people from the “Lion Motor Car Company”: It is said that they built Lion-Cars from 1910 to 1912.
The “Victor W. Page Motors Corporation” in East Stamford, Connecticut, USA, is said to have built automobiles between 1921 and 1924. The name of the car was “Victor Page”.
That's all I could find out about the very mysterious Page-cars. All the best to you and all the friends of prewarcar.com
Regards
Malte Jürgens, Stuttgart