E-M-F Company - Revision history

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	The '''E-M-F Company''' was an early American automobile manufacturer that produced automobiles from 1909 to 1912. The name E-M-F was gleaned from the initials of the three company founders: Barney '''Everitt''' - a custom auto body builder from Detroit, Willaim '''Metzger''' - formerly of [[Cadillac]], and Walter '''[[Walter Flanders\|Flanders]]''', who had served as [[Henry Ford]]'s production manager.		{{List of {{PAGENAME}} Models}}The '''E-M-F Company''' was an early American automobile manufacturer that produced automobiles from 1909 to 1912. The name E-M-F was gleaned from the initials of the three company founders: Barney '''Everitt''' - a custom auto body builder from Detroit, Willaim '''Metzger''' - formerly of [[Cadillac]], and Walter '''[[Walter Flanders\|Flanders]]''', who had served as [[Henry Ford]]'s production manager.

	E-M-F produced several models of its own design and contracted with the [[Studebaker]] Corporation to sell E-M-F's though [[Studebaker]] wagon dealerships.		E-M-F produced several models of its own design and contracted with the [[Studebaker]] Corporation to sell E-M-F's though [[Studebaker]] wagon dealerships.

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	Flanders also ran the short-lived [[Flanders Automobile Company]], which produced cars that were wholly based on previous E-M-F designs. The Flanders company was absorbed into Maxwell Motor Company (Incorporated) which was reorganized out of the assets of the [[United States Motor Company]] in 1913.		Flanders also ran the short-lived [[Flanders Automobile Company]], which produced cars that were wholly based on previous E-M-F designs. The Flanders company was absorbed into Maxwell Motor Company (Incorporated) which was reorganized out of the assets of the [[United States Motor Company]] in 1913.

	On June 20, 2005, the E-M-F Plant on Piquette Street (at John R) caught fire and within a few hours was gone. The five-alarm fire nearly spread to the famous Ford [[Piquette Plant]] where [[Henry Ford]] built the first [[Ford Model T\|Model T]].		On June 20, 2005, the E-M-F Plant on Piquette Street (at John R) caught fire and within a few hours was gone. The five-alarm fire nearly spread to the famous Ford Piquette Plant where [[Henry Ford]] built the first [[Ford Model T\|Model T]].

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The '''E-M-F Company''' was an early American automobile manufacturer that produced automobiles from 1909 to 1912. The name E-M-F was gleaned from the initials of the three company founders: Barney '''Everitt''' - a custom auto body builder from Detroit, Willaim '''Metzger''' - formerly of [[Cadillac]], and Walter '''[[Walter Flanders|Flanders]]''', who had served as [[Henry Ford]]'s production manager.

E-M-F produced several models of its own design and contracted with the [[Studebaker]] Corporation to sell E-M-F's though [[Studebaker]] wagon dealerships.

E-M-F vehicles were in their time for their notoriously bad build qualities. Detractors soon began stating that the E-M-F name stood for "Every Morning Fix-it", "Every Mechanical Fault" and "Every Miss Fire". Internal fighting between the partners did nothing to solve the products problems.

[[John M. Studebaker]], unhappy with E-M-F 's poor quality and lack of management, gained control of the assets and plant facilities in 1910. To remedy the damage done by E-M-F, Studebaker paid mechanics to visit each unsatisfied owner and replace the defective parts in their vehicles at a cost of US$1 million to the company. The E-M-F name continued into 1912 with the Studebaker name becoming more and more prevalent on the cars. In 1913, the E-M-F was replaced by the Studebaker.

Problems aside, E-M-F held its own in the growing market place. In 1909 E-M-F placed fourth (producing 7,960 vehicles) in total automobile production in the U.S. behind that of [[Ford Motor Company]], [[Buick]] and [[Maxwell|Maxwell]], with [[Cadillac]] in the fifth position. In 1910 the firm built 15,020 vehicle and again held onto fourth place behind Ford, Buick, [[Overland|Overland]]. In 1911 the firm placed second in over all assemblies with 26,827 automobiles produced for the year.

Flanders also ran the short-lived [[Flanders Automobile Company]], which produced cars that were wholly based on previous E-M-F designs. The Flanders company was absorbed into Maxwell Motor Company (Incorporated) which was reorganized out of the assets of the [[United States Motor Company]] in 1913.

On June 20, 2005, the E-M-F Plant on Piquette Street (at John R) caught fire and within a few hours was gone. The five-alarm fire nearly spread to the famous Ford [[Piquette Plant]] where [[Henry Ford]] built the first [[Ford Model T|Model T]].

==External links==
* [http://dreamwater.org/emfauto "The E-M-F Automobile Homepage"]

==References==

* Kimes, Beverly R., Editor. Clark, Henry A. | title = The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1945 | publisher = Kraus Publications | year = 1996 | id = ISBN 0-87341-428-4}}

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