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| − | '''Climber Car Motor Corporation''' was a Little Rock, Arkansas, automobile manufacturer that built about two hundred cars and seventy-five trucks in the | + | '''Climber Car Motor Corporation''' was a Little Rock, Arkansas, automobile manufacturer that built about two hundred cars and seventy-five trucks in the early 1920s. The company, founded in 1919, had production runs of two automobile models of one hundred cars each. The auto models bore the names "Simplex Six" and "Roadster". Each Climber car cost $1,250. |
The president of Climber Car was [[Henry Buhler]], and chief engineer [[George Schoeneck]]. Buhler advertised the durability of his cars by publicizing road tests of 20,000 miles on Arkansas backcountry roads. Climber cars burned one gallon of gasoline every nineteen miles and one quart of oil every one hundred and twenty five miles. | The president of Climber Car was [[Henry Buhler]], and chief engineer [[George Schoeneck]]. Buhler advertised the durability of his cars by publicizing road tests of 20,000 miles on Arkansas backcountry roads. Climber cars burned one gallon of gasoline every nineteen miles and one quart of oil every one hundred and twenty five miles. | ||
| − | The company went bankrupt in March 1924. Climber Car operated out of a building at 1800 East Seventeenth Street. | + | The company went bankrupt in March 1924. Climber Car operated out of a building at 1800 East Seventeenth Street. The only two known extant Climber Cars are on display at the [[Museum of Automobiles]] on [[Petit Jean Mountain]]. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 19:07, 18 January 2009
Climber Car Motor Corporation was a Little Rock, Arkansas, automobile manufacturer that built about two hundred cars and seventy-five trucks in the early 1920s. The company, founded in 1919, had production runs of two automobile models of one hundred cars each. The auto models bore the names "Simplex Six" and "Roadster". Each Climber car cost $1,250.
The president of Climber Car was Henry Buhler, and chief engineer George Schoeneck. Buhler advertised the durability of his cars by publicizing road tests of 20,000 miles on Arkansas backcountry roads. Climber cars burned one gallon of gasoline every nineteen miles and one quart of oil every one hundred and twenty five miles.
The company went bankrupt in March 1924. Climber Car operated out of a building at 1800 East Seventeenth Street. The only two known extant Climber Cars are on display at the Museum of Automobiles on Petit Jean Mountain.
