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Acme Engine Company

Acme engines continured along the same conventional lines that had been established by Peerless. Hit-and-miss governing on the four-cycle desing was standard. A gear-driven magneto was standard equipment. The Acme line consisted of 2 1/2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 15 horsepower sizes. Acme Engine Company was located in Lansing, Michigan.

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Acme Engine Company took over the Peerless Motor Company of Lansing in 1913. The new company was capitalized at $80,000. Research has disclosed that the first advertisement of Acme was in late 1913.

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