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Farner (automobile)

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The Farner was an automobile manufactured in the United States of America at Streator, Illinois by OM Farner between 1922 and 1923. The Farner Model A had a 115-inch wheelbase, a tourer body, and had a Falls XP9000 six-cylinder engine,[1] and sold for $1195.[2]

In 1923 Farner reduced the price of the Model A to $1095 in an attempt to increase sales,[2] but the Farner Motor Car Company was out of business by the end of the year.[2]

OM Farner left Streator and his family at the end of 1923, and spent the next fifteen years in Lowell, Massachusetts, until returning to Streator in 1938.[2] He never explained what he had been doing in those fifteen years.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Georgano, Nick (2000). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. London: Stationery Office. p. 1792. ISBN 0117023191.
  2. ^ a b c d e Kimes, Beverly Rae (1996). The Standard Catalog of American Cars: 1805-1942. Iola, IA: Krause Publications. p. 1612. ISBN 0873414284.