About the marque
- Founded
- 1904 – 1912
- Country
- United States
Alden Sampson II's Pittsfield, Massachusetts, machine company entered automobile manufacture in 1904 after building the chassis for the Moyea and acquiring the bankrupt Crest concern's industry license. Its expensive 16 hp touring car used a four-speed transaxle and twin-chain final drive; the company then concentrated on Sampson trucks. After Sampson's death, United States Motor Company acquired the operation and continued it as the Alden Sampson Division in a new Detroit plant in 1911. The division revived passenger cars with the three-door Model 35 touring car. United States Motor Company's 1912 bankruptcy ended Sampson production.
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