The Lyons-Knight was an American automobile manufactured from 1913 until 1915, in Indianapolis, Indiana.[1]
History
Three brothers, James W., William P., and George W. Lyons, purchased the Atlas Engine Works and reorganized as the Lyons-Atlas Company.[1] The previous Atlas Company manufactured two-stroke gasoline and diesel engines, and had developed a line of gasoline engines using the Knight sleeve-valve design.[1]
The Lyons-Knight featured Knight sleeve-valve engines and worm-drive rear axles, that were designed by Harry A. Knox, who had previously worked at the Atlas-Knight Automobile Company in Springfield, Massachusetts.[1]
Beginning in 1913, the Lyons-Knight Model K-4 offered a