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with 32 bhp (24 kW) for a new Type VIII which was scheduled for 1904. This did not occur because as Lee
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Searchmont refined the Type V and offered it as the Type VI with 8 bhp (6.0 kW) for 1903. A new addition was the Type VII, a very attractive four-passenger
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system, the first in a U. S. production car. The improved cars doubled in price over the $ 1,200 (equivalent to $ 42,258 in 2023) runabout, the Type III now priced at $ 2,000 and the Type V at $ 2,250, equivalent to $ 79,235 in 2023.
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of 66 inches (1,700 mm) and a 12 bhp (8.9 kW), two-cylinder engine. The bigger Type IV had a wheelbase of 70 inches (1,800 mm) and 6 bhp (4.5 kW) from a single cylinder engine.
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and other local businessmen. Keystone managing director and engineer Edward B. Gallaher accepted a position as the factory and later general manager with the new company.
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cars were introduced for 1902 which featured many parts from the
Wagonette. Both were runabouts with improved engines. The smaller and sportier Type III had a
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France and said he would spend only one month a year in the United States on
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