1916 Detroiter Convertible Convertible

"The Detroiter consisted of many existing components bought in and assembled by the company. Chassis, engine, transmission, among other components came from outside suppliers and were assembled in the company’s plant. For the first Detroiters’ offered as a five-passenger 'Tourist' and a two-passenger roadster - the 25 horsepower four-cylinder engine came from Continental and was mated to a three-speed manual transmission. Although very much an 'assembled' car, the Detroiter was certainly well built and nicely finished. First year projections of 500 cars were more than doubled, while the 1913 sales figure was just short of 2,500 units thanks to an aggressive advertising program. Several significant changes for 1914 included the option of a self-starter and a speedster model dubbed the 'Kangaroo.' Yet as the reliability problems became known even these improvements couldn’t stave off falling sales, which dropped all the way down to 1,600 for the year."