Coey-Mitchell Automobile Company
The Coey-Mitchell Automobile Company was an American automobile manufacturer that built the Coey automobiles and operated a chain of American Driving Schools from 1913 to 1917 and was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded under the name Coey-Mitchell Automobile Company by Charles A. Coey. The Coey family and their name come from Northern Ireland, where one still finds this name, for example in Comber.
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Type | Automobile Manufacturing |
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Industry | Automotive |
Founded | 1913 |
Defunct | 1917 |
Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | United States |
Products | Vehicles Automotive parts |
Services | Driving Schools |
The company introduced the two-cylinder Coey Junior and Coey Bear with four cylinders, two cycle cars.[1][2] In addition, they made the four-or six-cylinder sports car Coey Flyer, which was built specifically for Coeys nationwide chain of driving schools. In 1917 Wonder Motor Truck Company bought the Coey Motor Company.
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See also
List of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States
List of automobile manufacturers of the United States
Brass Era car
History of the automobile
History of Chicago
References
- Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805–1942
- David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles