SLIGHTLY MYSTERIOUS, VERY WELL MANNERED; 1913 COEY FLYER.(A)

Publication: AutoWeek

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Byline: BOB TOMAINE

CHARLES COEY WAS a balloonist, race driver, Thomas Flyer agent, garage owner, taxi operator, renter of cars and driving-school president. Automobile production made sense, but his 1901 runabout lasted only into 1902. Several, though, became the core of his Chicago "automobile-livery business.

Customers rented cars and purchased driving instruction, leading to the C. A. Coey School of Motoring. By 1912, it was "the Greatest and...

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