The Cole Motor Car Company was an early automobile maker based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Together with his son, he owned a shop where they sold wheels, automobiles, motor bikes, and even lawn mowers, and also performed mechanical repairs.

Legend goes that he forgot to fit brakes on this car and on his first trip, had to drive until the tank was empty.

Production of this car started in the same year assisted by engineer Charles S. Crawford, who later worked for Stutz.

Also, two Series 30 Flyers, driven by William "Wild Bill" Endicott and Louis Edwards, entered the Massapequa Sweepstakes, one of the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races.

Endicott won the prestigious 10-lap event, covering 126.4 miles (203.4 km) in 138 min 4.32 sec.

[2] The Cole Series 30 got a substantially longer chassis with a wheelbase of 118 inches (3,000 mm) and new bodies for 1911.

There was also a new 5-passenger „Fore-door Touring“ (which means that it had rear and front doors) and a "Toy Tonneau" for 4 passengers (a sporty, close-coupled body style that was quite popular at the time) at $1,650 each.

Wheelbase was huge at 132 in (3,353 mm); prices were $2,485 for one of the open body styles but went up to $3,000 for a coupe and an astronomical $4,250 for a 7-passenger Berline-Limousine.

Series 40 and 50 were replaced by a new Model Four, a 4-cylinder car with 28.9 HP and a wheelbase of 120 inches (3,000 mm).

It offered a 4- and a 7-passenger touring car $1,865 (still cheaper than the previous Four), a roadster that became more expensive at $2,465 and the coupe at $2,250.

The second reason was that the Cole was an assembled car; that means that all important components such as engine, clutch, transmission, axles etc.

Big news came in mid-1915: Only one year after Cadillac had pioneered the V8 engine, and about at the same time as the mighty Cunningham V-8 debuted, Cole brought out its own V-8 powered automobile - and would stay with it until the very end of the make, dropping its Fours and Sixes after 1916.

Positioned higher were, among others, the Mercer, the McFarlan, and the Packard, with prices starting at about $3,000; or the Kissel with three full lines of 4- and 6-cylinder cars that were only slightly less expensive.

", the latter referring to the adoption of balloon tires as an option that year (they became a standard feature finally in 1925).

While "Sportsedan" and "Sportcoupe" might sound familiar in our ears, "Sportosine" and "Tourosine" for some closed cars definitely do not.

Cole switched to Johnson carburettors and introduced a one-piece rear axle and a brake adjuster.

Innovations in 1923 for the Series 890 Cole were stylish drum-type headlights, cowl ventilation, and a new windshield with an adjustable upper half on open cars.

For this year only, some cars had an added sporty touch with runningboards that did not span the whole length, leaving the chassis-mounted spare wheels "free".

In this situation and without any debts yet, J. J. Cole decided to liquidate his company rather than risking his fortune by going on.

Balloon tires (34" × 7.3") were now standard equipment, and the cars got new two-piece rear bumpers, so-called "bumperettes".

Although Joseph Cole began liquidating his firm early in 1925, 607 cars left the factory.

In 1954, Howard Russell Delancy completed his college dissertation on the history of the Cole Motor Car Company.

Howard was attending Indiana University and the dissertation was turned into a book that had limited publishing.

This book is the definitive and very detailed history of the life of J.J. Cole and the entirety of the company.

The club originally started as just an early Cole registry by Greg Tocket to track the known cars.

He gathered a significant amount of Cole information and history that in 2018 he donated to the Gilmore Car Museum and Research Library.

The club also shared information, parts, and a helping hand to keep the surviving Cole cars on the road and running well.

The registry has also identified and found two additional Cole cars that were previously unknown.

The front facade is faced in white ceramic brick and has Art Deco style design elements.