THE MOLINE AUTOMOBILE COMPANY

The same men who brought about the success of the Hoot and VanDervoort Engineering Company are back of the Moline Automobile Company, both concerns being practically one as to owners and chief managers.

Four years in the manufacture of gasoline engines naturally attracted the heads of the engine company to the automobile field. In 1904 the Moline Automobile Company was organized and in a few years was offering to the motor-mad American a machine which in a short time climbed to the apex of fame by winning honors awarded in national motor contests. Fame first came to the East Moline manufacturers of automobiles when the famous "Dreadnaught" Moline was put on the market.

 

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