R. H. Long Motors Company

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The R. H. Long Motors Company was a Framingham, Massachusetts-based automobile manufacturer that operated from 1922 to 1926.[1] They produced the Bay State model automobile, which used a Continental Motors Company six-cylinder engine.[2]

R. H. Long Motors Company
Company typeAutomobile manufacturing
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1922
FounderRichard H. Long
Defunct1926
Headquarters,
United States
Area served
United States
ProductsVehicles
Automotive parts

The company was founded by Richard H. Long, a shoe manufacturer from Framingham. During World War I, Long's factory switched to manufacturing war supplies, including high-grade automobile bodies. In 1922, R. H. Long Motors Company began production of the Bay State.[3]

Although R. H. Long Motors ceased car production in 1926, the Long Automotive Group, an automobile dealership founded in 1927, was started from the remains of the business.[1] Long Automotive still exists today in Southborough, Massachusetts (Long Cadillac), the world's oldest continually-owned Cadillac dealership, and Webster, Massachusetts (Long Subaru).

One remaining Bay State car, a 1925 model, is known to exist.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "About Us: R.H. Long Motor Co". Long Automotive Group. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  2. ^ "The Bay State Automobile & The R.H. Long Company". americanautomobiles.com. Retrieved February 26, 2018.[dead link]
  3. ^ "Bay State Makes Real Impression". The Boston Daily Globe. March 12, 1922.
  4. ^ Cegelis, Sylvia (June 14, 1975). "The 'Bay State' Returns". South Middlesex News. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
  5. ^ "Early American Automobiles 1925-1929". earlyamericanautomobiles.com. Retrieved February 26, 2018.