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Scripps Motor Company
Despite the similarity of names, at this point it does not appear that the Scripps-Booth Co. of Detroit, which produced the well-known Scripps-Booth automobiles starting in 1913. This latter firm was absorbed by general Motors in 1918, but continued to produced vehicles under the Scipps-booth name until 1922.
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By 1910 Detroit had become a huge manufacturing center, with the relatively new automobile industry being Detroit’s major employer. Engine manufacturers seemed also to thrive in Detroit, with a great many becoming ver successful. Although Scripps Motor Company is selfom noted in the engine trade journals of the period, the company was a frequent advertiser in consumer oriented such as Popular Machanics. In their August, 1910 issue a Scripps Motor Company advertisement noted that their marine engines were available in sizes from 4 to 100 horsepower, using crankcase design there was little about the Scripps marine engine that made it either better or worse than its contemporaries.
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