AACA 2015 fall swap meet in Hershey PA. Last of the photos.

Saturday morning outside our hotel in Harrisburg Pa.

The long trip home to Detroit was made easier by the great scenery.

AACA 2015 fall swap meet in Hershey PA. Swap meet shots.

 EMF speedster.

 Dort Cars were mad just north of where I live.

International.

Al lost in a sea of sheet metal!

Curtiss engine with marine conversion.

Maxwell car.

Only 20,000 miles!

EMF plant in Detroit.

Indian dealer on Woodward Ave in Detroit.

This is the second business opened by William Metzger.  The first was a extremely successful bicycle shop which he sold.  Metzger is credited with opening the first automobile dealership in Michigan and perhaps the US.  He also spearheaded the first automobile show in the US.  Metzger is also the M in the EMF company.

1914 Flanders Model D twin.

In earlier posts I have wondered if any Flanders twins were ever produced.  Well here is the only known example.  A reader of my blog pointed me in the right direction.  Thanks!  I wish more was known about these V-twin bikes.  This bike was originally owned by a gentleman from Oxford Mich.  He held onto it until 1978.  Oxford is about 2 miles from where I live!  The bike cost $210 new and makes 7-9 hp. It uses a Schebler carb and Splitdorf magneto.

Studebaker / Flanders.

Flanders Mfg. headquarters, Chelsea Mich.

EMF 30.

E.M.F. automobile.

William Metzger.

William Metzger is the M in the EMF company.  Here he is presumably driving in a parade. Image from Shorpy.   Image was dated 1901.

Image from Shorpy.

Studebaker and EMF.

Found on The old motor.

Flanders and E-M-F.

Walter Flanders had his hands on many different companies.  He started out selling tools to and advising Henry Ford.  Before not to long he was working for Ford full time. He was instrumental in increasing sales and streamlining production.  He moved on to form the E-M-F car company with William Metzger and Barney Everitt.  From there he took control of Studebaker.  The Flanders Manufacturing Company was born on January 10, 1911.  This company made the Flanders 4 motorcycle and supplied many parts for Studebaker cars.

The Flanders factory became the Wilson foundry sometime after 1912.   The company moved to Detroit and went bankrupt in 1914