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Pope-Robinson was part of the Pope automobile group of companies founded by Colonel Albert Pope manufacturing Brass Era Automobile s in Hyde Park, Massachusetts . The company could trace its roots back to Bramwell-Robinson who started as paper box machinery makers going on to make some single cylinder 3 wheeled cars between 1899 and 1901. The two founders split up in 1902 to each make their own models under their own names, the Bramwell , which continued until 1904 and the Robinson which originally appeared in 1900. The Robinsons were originally made by John T Robinson and Company becoming the Robinson Motor Vehicle Company in 1902 before joining the Pope group later that year. The last cars were made in 1904. The 1904 ''Robinson'' was a Touring Car model. Equipped with a Tonneau , it could seat 5 passengers and sold for $5000. The vertically-mounted water-cooled Straight-4 , situated at the front of the car, produced 24 hp (17.9 kW). A 3-speed sliding transmission was fitted. The channel steel-framed car weighed 2600 lb (1179 kg). This advanced model, based on the '' Systeme Panhard '' used a modern cellular radiator and competed with the top-line European vehicles. REFERENCES
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