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Clarkmobile

Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer

Clarkmobile was an automobile first built in 1902 by Frank Clark of Clark & Company in Lansing, Michigan. The first model became available in 1903. A newspaper article referred to the automobile as the 'Unbreakable Clarkmobile' and showed it surviving an accident.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1902Founded1
  • HeadquartersLansing1

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Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Clarkmobile was an automobile first built in 1902 by Frank Clark of Clark & Company in Lansing, Michigan. The first model became available in 1903. A newspaper article referred to the automobile as the 'Unbreakable Clarkmobile' and showed it surviving an accident.2

The story

The Clarkmobile Co. was founded in April of 1902 in Lansing Michigan. The car was the brainchild of F. G. Clark who has been working on a prototype for two years. The company was incorporated with a capital of $50,000. The president would be A.C Stebbins, H.E. Thomas as vice president and F.G. Clark as secretary, treasurer and general manager.

In 1905 the Clarkmobile company would reorganize and be titled the New Way Motor Company. The new firm would be capitalized at $100,000 and would now produce air cooled gasoline engines. Stebbins would remain as president Clark would leave the firm to work for another successor company called Deere-Clark.

From Wikipedia’s article on Clarkmobile, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 1905Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1902Founded Founded1

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