Matheson Silent Six Emblem

[murrayjohn]

I am trying to find the dates of use of this enamel Matheson Silent Six emblem. Can anyone help, please?

[keiser31]

Possibly 1908.

[murrayjohn]

Have you seen this emblem on a 1908 Matheson Silent Six or on a photo?

[TerryB]

Type in Matheson silent six on eBay and you will see auto vintage advertisements for this car for sale.  It seems the silent six tag line was in that time frame above and until 1912.  Their last place of manufacture was Wilks Barre PA.  The factory was then purchased for use by the Owen Magnetic automobile.

 

Terry

[A. Ballard 35R]

The Silent Six was made from 1909 until 1912. The only car surviving is the one in the Nethercutt collection which was originally owned by Percy Colket of Strafford, Pa. and restored by Bob Laurens. I believe that the emblem you have came from a plaque made up by Bob many decades ago.

[46 woodie]

According to the "Bible of Antique Cars", the Matheson Motor Car was produced between 1903 and 1912. The first six cylinder was produced in 1908 and rated at 48 HP. Less that 1000 six cylinder cars were made and a total of 1800 cars were built. At $7500 it's easy to see why they went out of business when Ford cars were selling for less than $1000.

[keiser31]

1 hour ago, murrayjohn said:

Have you seen this emblem on a 1908 Matheson Silent Six or on a photo?

I Googled, "Matheson Silent Six" and saw an early, (1908) model that looked like it had an oval emblem on the radiator shell.

[Dave Mellor NJ]

Here's some info on Matheson Co. but no picture of an emblem. I read that the "Silent Six" started in late '10 with the use of shaft drive

 

http://www.american-automobiles.com/Matheson.html

[edinmass]

There is also another surviving car in Oaklhoma. 

[42319DB34]

Ok-la-ho-ma      Oklahoma !

[A. Ballard 35R]

Ed, the Oklahoma car is a very nice big four , as I recall.

[5219]

The factory was in Forty Fort, PA, a suburb of Wilkes Barre. It is still standing today.