Kelly-Springfield Motor Truck

The company was started in 1910 when E.S. Kelly, the owner of the Kelly-Springfield Tire Company took over the Buckeye National Motor Car Company. That company was a successor to the Frayer-Miller car company that had come out with a line of air-cooled trucks late in 1909.

Kelly-Springfield built air-cooled trucks through the early teens when it switched over to a water-cooled engine that was manufactured in house. At the same time, the Renault-style radiator and hood was adopted and was retained until the last of the heavy-duty trucks was built in the late 1920s. Though the years a range of units of between one to six ton capacity were offered. The smaller line of trucks changed to a conventional front-mounted radiator in mid 1920s.

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The company was started in 1910 when E.S. Kelly, the owner of the Kelly-Springfield Tire Company took over the Buckeye National Motor Car Company. That company was a successor to the Frayer-Miller car company that had come out with a line of air-cooled trucks late in 1909.

Kelly-Springfield built air-cooled trucks through the early teens when it switched over to a water-cooled engine that was manufactured in house. At the same time, the Renault-style radiator and hood was adopted and was retained until the last of the heavy-duty trucks was built in the late 1920s. Though the years a range of units of between one to six ton capacity were offered. The smaller line of trucks changed to a conventional front-mounted radiator in mid 1920s.

Subject ID: 79835

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