evans motor car and parts manufacturing company & ford garage
Years in Operation: 1910-1911 Models Built: Possible Prototype/Evans Limited(Evans Commercial) Approximate Number of Vehicles Built: Unknown Factory Address: 175 South Water Street, Marine City, MI 48039(Approximate) Officers of the Company:
R.H. Evans-Founder, Secretary, and Tresurer
what can i see today?
The Marine City Iron Works building was to be purchased for the production of vehicles but it seems the firm instead went to Nashville and possibly Traverse City, MI. The property became a Ford garage later on but the original building is no longer standing.
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the story
R.H. Evans was the secretary & tresurer of both the Evans Motor Car & Parts Company and the Automobile Manufacturing & Engineering Company both which were located in Detroit. In June of 1910 he was looking to move the operation to Marine City...
Evans did at least produce a prototype commercial vehicle and showed it at the Detroit Automobile Dealers Association Show in January of 1911. It was described as the Evans Limited or Evans Commercial and was a two-cycle delivery car of "unusual design"...
An announcement was made in April of 1913 that Evans had bought land in Nashville, TN for a new factory. The company was incorporated and had an address of 227 3rd Ave. N. in Nashville but it is not known if production ever started...
Other ads in 1913 and in 1915 show the company moving to Traverse City. Again, there is no known production...
Although Evans doesn't seem to have produced anything in Marine City, the building became the W.H. Crowley Garage and Machine Shop and was a Ford garage starting business by 1921...
