Keeton (automobile company)

Keeton Motor Company was a pioneer brass era automobile maker based in Detroit, Michigan.

Keeton's 1913 48 was a six-cylinder five-passenger tourer with left-hand steering, 12½ in (31.75 cm)-diameter [Clymer, Floyd. "Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925" (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.131.] electric headlights, starter, and horn. [Clymer, p.131.] There were four forward speeds, an 80 mph (128 kph) speedometer, and the choice of wires spoked wood wheels. [Clymer, p.131.] It had the radiator just in front of the cowl, behind the engine, the "proper and protected position", according to its ads. [Clymer, p.131.] The folding top was mohair and the windshield folded. [Clymer, p.131.] Like most cars of the era, it came standard with a tool kit, which in this case included an electric trouble light, tire iron, pump, jack, and tire patch. It sold at US$2750, at a time when American's lowest-price model was US$4250, [Clymer, p.91.] the Lozier Light Six Metropolitan started at US$3,250, [Clymer, p.111.] the Enger 40 [Clymer, p.104.] and Ford Model F were US$2000, the FAL US$1750, [Clymer, p.104.] the Cole 30 and Colt Runabout US$1500, [Clymer, pp.63 & 104.] the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout went for US$650, [Clymer, p.32.] Western's Gale Model A was US$500, [Clymer, p.51.] a Black could be as low as $375, [Clymer, p.61.] and the Success hit the amazingly low US$250. [Clymer, p.32.]

Keeton also offered the five-seat Riverside Tourer and Meadowbrook Roadster at US$2750, the Tuxedo Coupé at US$3000, with a chassis price (suitable for custom coachwork, typical of the likes of Rolls-Royce or Duesenberg at the time) of US$2250. [Clymer, p.32.]

Notes

ource

*Clymer, Floyd. "Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925". New York: Bonanza Books, 1950.

ee also

*List of automobile manufacturers
*List of defunct automobile manufacturers