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Great Southern Automobile Company

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By 1915, it was manufacturing a chassis and body for a "one-man, pay-enter" motor bus that was 22 feet long, 8 feet 9 inches high, 7 feet 6 inches wide, rated at 2.25 tons capacity, and could carry 25 passengers.
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In 1914, it dropped the Great Southern 30, and concentrated on the manufacture of just the Great Southern 50 chassis, formerly titled the Great Southern 51. The new 50 model was a seven passenger touring body.
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In early 1910, it announced a Model "50" touring car with a wheel base of 124 inches, a 5.25x6 inches bore and stroke engine, capable of 60
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The company went bankrupt in 1917. Alabama's other pre-1950 car manufactures include Preston Motor's Premocar in Birmingham and
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was the first automobile manufacturer in the central South. It was incorporated in
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Great Southern 51, available in a six-seater touring body for $ 2100.
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Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States
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Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 1917
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Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1909
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Great Southern (automobile)
Automotive
Touring Cars
Roadsters
Birmingham, Alabama
United States
United States
Automobiles
Automotive parts
Birmingham, Alabama
Ensley
image of Great Southern 50
bhp
Empire Building
image of Great Southern 30
roadster
touring
Keller


"Hardwood News"


"Great Southern Incorporates"
"New Models"
"In The Retail World"
"Great Southern Incorporates"
"Great Southern"
"One-man, Pay-enter Motor Bus Design"
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