Kentucky Wagon Mfg. Co.

Kentucky Wagon Mfg. Co. – 1879-present located in Louisville, Kentucky and made the Dixie Flyer, Hercules, and Crown automobiles. By 1919, horse drawn vehicle production was curtailed except for farm wagons and in 1920 Studebaker sold their wagon works to The Kentucky Wagon Mfg Co. of Louisville. In so doing, Studebaker became the only wagon maker to successfully transition to automobiles. In 1916 the Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Company decided to go into the car manufacturing business and was renamed the Dixie Motor Car Company. It only lasted from 1916 to 1923. Only car manufactured here was the Dixie Flyer which had a Lycoming and Herschell-Spillman four cylinder engine. Company sold out to the National Automobile Company of Indianapolis. Finally in 1936, the company was acquired by R.C. Tway Sr. and turned into the Kentucky Manufacturing Company. It now is back to it's roots and manufactures semi-trailers.

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Kentucky Wagon Mfg. Co. – 1879-present located in Louisville, Kentucky and made the Dixie Flyer, Hercules, and Crown automobiles. By 1919, horse drawn vehicle production was curtailed except for farm wagons and in 1920 Studebaker sold their wagon works to The Kentucky Wagon Mfg Co. of Louisville. In so doing, Studebaker became the only wagon maker to successfully transition to automobiles. In 1916 the Kentucky Wagon Manufacturing Company decided to go into the car manufacturing business and was renamed the Dixie Motor Car Company. It only lasted from 1916 to 1923. Only car manufactured here was the Dixie Flyer which had a Lycoming and Herschell-Spillman four cylinder engine. Company sold out to the National Automobile Company of Indianapolis. Finally in 1936, the company was acquired by R.C. Tway Sr. and turned into the Kentucky Manufacturing Company. It now is back to it's roots and manufactures semi-trailers.

Subject ID: 64875

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