Sunday, December 1, 2013

Haynes Automotive Company



Ah, hyperbole, automobiles advertising is thy name!

Haynes began offering a "light six" in 1914 (the year that this ad aired in Life Magazine), an achievement that they proclaimed with all the qualifiers of a sports announcer playing up their favorite team.  Haynes claimed to have developed the first gasoline driven American made car - an honor that actually went to the Duryea brothers.


Haynes was an Indiana company, operating out of Kokomo until 1924 when it declared bankruptcy.

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