The Jordan Automobile

A History

James H. Lackey (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

207 Seiten

2015
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6277-0 (ISBN)

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The subject of one of the great advertising campaigns of the early 20th century, the “Somewhere West of Laramie” ads, Jordan is a well-remembered marque despite its brief duration. This is both a biography of the company’s founder, Ned Jordan, and a history of the company and its vehicles from its beginning in 1916 to its end on April 1, 1932.

The subject of one of the great advertising campaigns of the early 20th century, the "Somewhere West of Laramie" ads, Jordan is a well-remembered marque despite its brief duration.

Edward Stanlaw "Ned" Jordan was born November 21, 1882, in Merrill, Wisconsin, and worked as a journalist before finding work in the automobile industry. A pioneer of automobile advertising and sales who got his start with Thomas B. Jeffery and Company in 1907, he founded the Jordan Motor Car Company with fellow Jeffery employees Russell S. Begg as experimental engineer and Paul Zens as purchasing agent in 1916.

This book is both a biography of Ned Jordan and a history of his company and its vehicles from its beginning in 1916 to its end on April 1, 1932, when non-payment of franchise taxes forced its dissolution. Jordan's first models were four- and seven-passenger custom-type touring cars, but it would become famous for the Sport Marine, the Playboy, the Little Tomboy, and the Little Custom Jordan. Spectacularly illustrated.

Retired construction electrician James H. Lackey is a charter member of the Jordan Register and has been its historian for many years. He lives in Huntington, West Virginia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. Ned Jordan

2. The Founding of the Jordan Motor Car Company, 1916

3. Early Growth, 1917

4. “ Million Dollar Idea,” 1918–1919

5. Surviving the First Pinch, 1920–1922

6. “Somewhere West of Laramie,” 1923–1924

7. New Models and All Steel Bodies, 1925–1926

8. Little Car, Big Blunder, 1927–1928

9. Dashed Hopes of Recovery, 1929

10. Last Gasps, 1930–1932

Between pages 116 and 117 are 16 color plates containing 43 photographs

11. Aftermath

12. Advertising

13. Dealers and Distributors

Chapter Notes

Appendix I. Partial List of Distributors and Dealers

Appendix II. Chassis Specification

Appendix III. Engine Specifications

Appendix IV. Serial Numbers

Appendix V. Wiring Diagrams

Bibliography

Index

Zusatzinfo	417 photos (43 in color), appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Gewicht	522 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft
	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	1-4766-6277-0 / 1476662770
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6277-0 / 9781476662770
Zustand	Neuware