page_title: Austin Automobile Company
section_title: Advertisements
hierarchical_section_title: Austin Automobile Company / Advertisements
caption_attribution_description: English: Austin Automobile Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan - 1906
context_page_description: The Austin was a brass era American automobile manufactured in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 1901 to 1921. The company, founded by James E. Austin and his son Walter Austin, built large, expensive and powerful touring cars with an unusual double cantilever rear spring arrangement placing the rear wheels behind the passenger compartment, for a longer wheelbase to improve rider comfort in an era of rough roads as well as a unique two-speed rear axle.
caption: Austin Automobile Company - 1906 model
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