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businessmen offered to buy the Angus
Automobile Company. Charles Fuller wanted to accept the offer, but the other stockholders did not. The resulting dispute resulted in Fuller's decision to sever all ties with the company. Without his inventive ability and drive, the business did not long survive. Majority stock ownership of the company had early on been bought by residents of nearby
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Jackson Automobile Company in 1911. After this, the high wheeler was discontinued and the parts that were left for the standard car were used on the Jackson assembly
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car. Fuller returned home to Angus with two
Lambert cars. The townspeople were so impressed by the car and by Fuller's confidence that he could build a better car that they raised $ 50,000 by investing in $ 10 shares of the company's stock. Production of the first Fuller car started on February 16,
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engine. For 1908 only, there was also a bigger 6-cylinder car available. The Fuller car used only genuine leather upholstery, had sixteen to eighteen coats of paint, and the best engine then available. Its brass needed to be cleaned frequently, and owners noted that when cleaned, the car shined
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