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|fate = Purchased by Wonder Motor Truck Company
|location_city = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]
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|location_country = United States
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The '''Coey-Mitchell Automobile Company''' was an [[United States|American]] [[automobile]] manufacturer that built the '''Coey''' automobiles and operated a chain of American [[Driver's education|Driving Schools]] from 1913 to 1917 and was headquartered in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. The company was founded under the name Coey-Mitchell Automobile Company by Charles A. Coey. The Coey family and their name come from Northern Ireland, where one still finds this name, for example in Comber.
The '''Coey-Mitchell Automobile Company''' was an American [[Car|automobile]] manufacturer that built the '''Coey''' automobiles and operated a chain of American [[Driver's education|Driving schools]] from 1913 to 1917 and was headquartered in [[Chicago, Illinois]]. The company was founded under the name Coey-Mitchell Automobile Company by Charles A. Coey.


The company introduced the two-cylinder Coey Junior and Coey Bear with four cylinders, two cycle cars.<ref>''Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805–1942''</ref><ref>[[David Burgess Wise]], ''The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles''</ref> In addition, they made the four-or six-cylinder sports car Coey Flyer, which was built specifically for Coeys nationwide chain of driving schools. In 1917 Wonder Motor Truck Company bought the Coey Motor Company.
The company introduced the two-cylinder Coey Junior and Coey Bear with four cylinders, two [[cyclecars]].{{when|date=March 2024}}<ref>''Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805–1942''.{{page needed|date=March 2024}}</ref><ref>[[David Burgess Wise]], ''The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles''.{{page needed|date=March 2024}}</ref> In addition, they made the four- or six-cylinder [[sports car]] Coey Flyer, which was built specifically for Coey's nationwide chain of driving schools. In 1917 Wonder Motor Truck Company bought the Coey Motor Company.


[[File:1912 Coey-Mitchell Flyer ad.jpg|thumb|left|1912 Coey-Mitchell Flyer ad]]
[[File:C.A. Coey's School of Motoring, 1424-26 Michigan Ave. Chicago (c1912).png|thumb|left|C.A. Coey's School of Motoring Book Cover]]
[[File:C.A. Coey's School of Motoring ad.jpg|thumb|left|C.A. Coey's School of Motoring ad]]
[[File:MHV Coey Flyer 1913.jpg|thumb|1913 Coey Flyer]]
[[File:MHV Coey Junior 1914.jpg|thumb|1914 Coey Junior]]
[[File:MHV Coey Flyer 1914.jpg|thumb|1914 Coey Flyer]]
[[File:MHV Coey Flyer 1914.jpg|thumb|1914 Coey Flyer]]
[[File:MHV Coey Bear 1915.jpg|thumb|1915 Coey Bear]]
[[File:MHV Coey Flyer 1916.jpg|thumb|1916 Coey Flyer]]
[[File:MHV Coey Flyer 1916.jpg|thumb| 1916 Coey Flyer]]
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[Brass Era car]]
[[List of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States]]<br>
[[List of automobile manufacturers of the United States]]<br>
[[Brass Era car]]<br>
[[History of the automobile]]<br>
[[History of Chicago]]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 19:29, 4 March 2024

Coey-Mitchell Automobile Company
Company typeAutomobile manufacturing
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1913
FounderCharles A. Coey
Defunct1917
FatePurchased by Wonder Motor Truck Company
Headquarters,
United States
Area served
United States
ProductsVehicles
Automotive parts
ServicesDriving schools

The Coey-Mitchell Automobile Company was an American automobile manufacturer that built the Coey automobiles and operated a chain of American Driving schools from 1913 to 1917 and was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded under the name Coey-Mitchell Automobile Company by Charles A. Coey.

The company introduced the two-cylinder Coey Junior and Coey Bear with four cylinders, two cyclecars.[when?][1][2] In addition, they made the four- or six-cylinder sports car Coey Flyer, which was built specifically for Coey's nationwide chain of driving schools. In 1917 Wonder Motor Truck Company bought the Coey Motor Company.

1914 Coey Flyer
1916 Coey Flyer

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805–1942.[page needed]
  2. ^ David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles.[page needed]