Elmore Manufacturing Company
Elmore Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of veteran and
brass era automobiles and bicycles (1893–97), headquartered at 504 Amanda Street,
Clyde, Ohio, from 1893 until 1912. The company took its name from a small parcel of land in Clyde with the name Elmore associated with it where a
stave mill was established originally, then evolved into bicycle production. The village of
Elmore, Ohio is located to the east. Founded by Harmon Von Vechten Becker and his two sons, James and
Burton, the Elmore used a
two-stroke engine design, in
straight twin or single-cylinder versions. They later produced a
straight-3 followed by a
straight-4 beginning in 1906 until production ended in 1912. The company advertising slogan was "The Car That Has No Valves", referring to the two-stroke engine.
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