Production chronology1903–1904
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
curated ↗2 years
← Clarkmobile
Clarkmobile / Model record
ClarkmobileRunabout
Production1903–1904
Recorded originUnited States
ClassOpen two- or three-seat runabout
Built100 units
Clarkmobile Company's sole documented production family. The engine sat under the seat and drove the rear axle by shaft; the hooded front compartment was luggage space rather than an engine bay. Wheel steering, shaft drive and a front hood were promoted as advanced features in 1903. Wooden wheels wore Dunlop tires, price was $750 and the car was advertised as the 'Unbreakable Clarkmobile.' A local retrospective mentions an earlier experimental two-cylinder prototype, but no evidence establishes it as a separately marketed production model, so it is retained in marque history rather than counted as a second model.
Chronology ledger
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Record depth — Documented
How this is measured → This record contains useful sourced evidence, but it does not yet meet the reference-ready standard. Still needed: attributed imagery. Fields we cannot source stay empty rather than guessed.
Research notes
Approximately 100 automobiles according to a 1950 Lansing retrospective; no surviving factory serial ledger confirms an exact total.