Years In Operation: 1913 Models Built: Truck and tractor were proposed Approximate Number of Cars Built: Unknown Factory Address: Old table factory in St. Louis, MI Officers of the Company:
Dr. A.R. Wheeler: President
J.H. Whitney: Vice President
W. Lee Yost: Treasurer
D.C. Evans: Secretary and General Manager
G. Earle Porter: Factory Manager
H.oward G. Dewey: Unknown
David Harrison-Board of Directors
What can i see today?
At the present time no known examples of the Admiral exist and research is continuing to see if any vehicles or tractors were produced. The St. Louis Area Historical Society has other great history of the area as well as information on the Bollstrom truck and a 1917 Republic truck built in nearby Alma. Address: 110 E. Crawford St., St. Louis, MI 48880 Phone: (989) 875-4463 Website: https://www.stlouismi.com/1/stlouis/historical_society.asp
The story
The Admiral Motor Car Company was organized in early 1913. These listings show that the goal was to make commercial vehicles concentrating on a 1000-pound delivery wagon and a light farm tractor.
$10,000 in stock was the initial investment in the company and it was to be capitalized at $50,000. The officers were selected in February of 1913...
The factory location was to be the old St. Louis Table Company. The photos below show the facility before Admiral had arrived as well as the workers of the table factory.
The factory was getting ready and gearing up...
This article shows G.E. Porter's role as the factory manager and also states a prototype had been made...
This ad from Jan 1914 shows Admiral with a truck built to handle 3000 pounds...
In March of 1914 Admiral was reportedly filling orders but looking to possibly reorganize...
G.E. Porter eventually left the company. He had helped design the Globe Motor Truck Company of Northville, MI which was later sold and relocated to St. Louis, MO...
D.C. Evans had left by May of 1914 and headed up the Detroit branch of Goodyear...
It is not known if any trucks or tractors were ever produced but a find by a local businessman has turned up an actual manufacturing plate from the company.
