The Chandler Automobile

Retired construction electrician James H. Lackey is a charter member of the Jordan Register and has been its historian for many years. The restorer and owner of an award-winning 1923 Jordan Playboy, he lives in Huntington, West Virginia, USA.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments deletevi

Preface

Introduction

I. Chandler

One. 1912–1913: Roots and Beginning

Two. 1914–1916: Small Company, Big Success

Three. 1917–1918: The War Years

Four. 1919–1922: Postwar Recession and Recovery

Five. 1923–1924: The Pikes Peak Motor and Traffic Transmission

Six. 1925–1926: Racing Success, Internal Struggles and Merger

Seven. 1927 Model Year: Too Many Models, Too Little Profit

Eight. 1928 Model Year: Big Sixes, Big Eights, Big Trouble

Nine. The End of Chandler

Ten. Advertising, Personalities, Distributors and Dealers

Between pages 118 and 119 are 16 color plates containing 46 photographs

Eleven. Racing, Hill Climbing, Endurance and Other Competition

Twelve. Chandler Specifications

II. Cleveland

Thirteen. The Cleveland Model 40, 1919–1921

Fourteen. Models 41 and 42, 1922–1924

Fifteen. Models 43 and 31 and the “Mileage Motor,” 1925–1926

Sixteen. Racing, Hill Climbing, Distributors, Dealers and Advertising

Seventeen. Cleveland Specifications

Appendix A. Press Release of 1915 Nonstop Mexico to Canada Run

Appendix B. Chandler Dealer Contract, 1916

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index