Production chronology1908–1910
Sourced production or model lifecycle range used by the main catalog timeline.
curated ↗3 years
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Deal / Model record
DealModel S
Production1908–1910
Recorded originUnited States
ClassBrass Era passenger automobile
Power30 hp
First catalogued Deal automobile, retaining carriage-era 37-inch artillery wheels and two-inch solid rubber tires while using a water-cooled four and planetary transmission. The primary 1910 factory advertisement documents an I-beam front axle, ball-bearing wheels, optional magneto and top. Its 1908 catalog appearance is distinguished from the first explicitly completed six-car batch in 1909.
Chronology ledger
Dates with their meaning intact
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
The first six Deal automobiles were completed in 1909, but no final Model S or marque total survives.