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The Lippard-Stewart Company of Buffalo, New York was known for for their
well-built express wagons and delivery vans. Their lightweight 3/4 to 2 1/2 ton worm-drive chassis and 4-cylinder
Continental engines provided an excellent basis for the line of professional vehicles they introduced in 1912. Their
famous delivery vans, light express wagons (pick-ups) depot hacks and undertakers car all shared Lippard-Stewart's
unusual coal-scuttle bonnet and radiator behind the engine layout which was visually indentical to the more famous
French-built Renault.
In 1913, Lippard-Stewart offered all kinds of professional cars from very basic economy casket wagons to top of
the line carved-sided funeral cars. The Renault-style coal scuttle continued on the chepaer models, while a more
conventional radiator-in-front-of-engine chassis appeared on the expensive models.
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LIPPARD-STEWART (US) 1911-1919 Lippard-Stewart Motor Car Company,
Buffalo, New York
Early models of this make were of 1500-pound capacity and were vans with
French-type sloping hoods with radiators aft of the four-cylinder engines.
Later versions ranged in capacity from ¾ -ton to 2-tons, each with a
different wheelbase. These used four-cylinder Continental engines,
three-speed gearboxes and worm-drive. Lippard-Stewart also produced a
funeral car in the late teens. GMN
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