  the winton motor carriage company was a pioneer united states automobile manufacturer based in cleveland, ohio. winton was one of the first american companies to sell a motor car. ==history== ===1896===    thumb|right|240px|winton motor carriage company first auto ad  thumb|right|240px|1910 winton six  scottish immigrant alexander winton, owner of the winton bicycle company, turned from bicycle production to an experimental single-cylinder automobile before starting his car company.100 years of the american auto millennium edition, copyright 1999 publications international, ltd. winton owned a large lakeshore estate in lakewood, ohio. in the mid-1960s the home was demolished and an upscale high rise condominium was constructed aptly named winton place. thumb|right|240px|a 1910 winton advertisement â des moines capital, may 14, 1910 ===1897=== the company was incorporated on march 15, 1897. their first automobiles were built by hand. each vehicle had fancy painted sides, padded seats, a leather roof, and gas lamps. b.f. goodrich made the tires for winton. by this time, winton had already produced two fully operational prototype automobiles. in may of that year, the 10&nbsp;hp (7.5&nbsp;kw) model achieved the astonishing speed of 33.64&
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