Clinton (automobile)

The Clinton was a Canadian automobile manufactured between 1911 and 1912, in Clinton, Ontario. The Clinton Motor Car Company Limited was a descendant of the Clinton Thresher Company, who went out of business in 1908 when the company's factory burnt down.^[1]

The car was made as a large tourer, roadster or combination car that could be converted from a passenger car to a light truck.^[2] The company highlighted the fact that the car had no foreign input, with the slogan "Canadian design, Canadian capital, Canadian workmen'.^[2] No more than eight cars were made, plus an unknown number of combination cars and trucks.^[2]

References

1. ↑ "Judicial Sale of the Assets of the Clinton Thresher Company Limited". Montreal Gazette. May 8, 1908. Retrieved 4 December 2012. 
2. 1 2 3 Georgano, Nick (2000). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. London: Stationery Office. p. 1792. ISBN 0117023191.