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in building the Lambert car. Fuller returned home with a
Lambert and convinced investors that he could build a better
car. He organized the Angus Automobile Company with a
capitalization of $50,000, each share selling for $10. On
February 16, 1907, production of the Fuller car began.
There were four models of the Fuller car. The best
seller was a five-seater touring car that sold for $2,500, a
comparatively high price for that day. The Fuller car used
only genuine leather upholstery, had 16 to 18 coats of paint,
and the best engine then available. Its brass needed to be
cleaned frequently, and owners noted that when cleaned, the
car shined "bright as gold in the sun."
Unfortunately the success of the Fuller car was short-
lived. In 1908 a demonstration was held at the Nuckolls
County Fair in which a Fuller car completed two laps of the
fairgrounds racetrack in 60 seconds, averaging 60 miles per
hour. The performance was so exceptional that a group of
Omaha businessmen offered to buy the Angus Automobile
Company. Charles Fuller wanted to accept
the offer, but the other stockholders did not.
The resulting dispute resulted in Fuller's
decision to sever all ties with the company.
Without him, the business did not long
survive. ■
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Interior of the Fuller machine shop at Angus, ca. 1905.
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