August F. Meyer
Inventor Automotive Pioneer: In 1916, cars still rode on unforgiving and uncomfortable carriage springs. After all, early drivers had bigger things to worry about than the quality of their ride, like keeping their cars rolling over the rocks and ruts that often passed for roads. Flat tires were frequent and service stations were not. Drivers had no choice but to patch and inflate their own tires along the roadside.
From humble beginnings with the invention of the ‘Brisk Blast’ tire pump in 1919, through to the development of the first original equipment passenger vehicle shock absorbers
For a young entrepreneur named August F. Meyer, this was an opportunity too great to pass up. It seemed logical to Meyer that, with all those flat tires, there should be quite a market for tire pumps. Meyer established the Brisk Blast Manufacturing Company in Monroe, Michigan. Under Meyer's leadership, Brisk Blast soon became a leading producer of tire pumps.
In 1918 a local Dodge dealer named Charles S. McIntyre became Meyers's partner and vice president. The company continued to grow and diversify and Brisk Blast became the Monroe Auto Equipment Company.
The Monroe spirit of innovation was hard at work when the company perfected the first self-oiled, single-barreled tire pump. Sales climbed from 5,000 per week to over two million a year.
By 1926, Meyer and McIntyre had turned their attention to a larger opportunity, the demand for increased driver comfort and control. Later that year they introduced the first Monroe “Shock Eliminator,” which soon replaced the unwieldy carriage springs on many passenger vehicles.
Inventor Automotive Pioneer: In 1916, cars still rode on unforgiving and uncomfortable carriage springs. After all, early drivers had bigger things to worry about than the quality of their ride, like keeping their cars rolling over the rocks and ruts that often passed for roads. Flat tires were frequent and service stations were not. Drivers had no choice but to patch and inflate their own tires along the roadside.
From humble beginnings with the invention of the ‘Brisk Blast’ tire pump in 1919, through to the development of the first original equipment passenger vehicle shock absorbers
For a young entrepreneur named August F. Meyer, this was an opportunity too great to pass up. It seemed logical to Meyer that, with all those flat tires, there should be quite a market for tire pumps. Meyer established the Brisk Blast Manufacturing Company in Monroe, Michigan. Under Meyer's leadership, Brisk Blast soon became a leading producer of tire pumps.
In 1918 a local Dodge dealer named Charles S. McIntyre became Meyers's partner and vice president. The company continued to grow and diversify and Brisk Blast became the Monroe Auto Equipment Company.
The Monroe spirit of innovation was hard at work when the company perfected the first self-oiled, single-barreled tire pump. Sales climbed from 5,000 per week to over two million a year.
By 1926, Meyer and McIntyre had turned their attention to a larger opportunity, the demand for increased driver comfort and control. Later that year they introduced the first Monroe “Shock Eliminator,” which soon replaced the unwieldy carriage springs on many passenger vehicles.
August F. Meyer
Inventor Automotive Pioneer: In 1916, cars still rode on unforgiving and uncomfortable carriage springs. After all, early drivers had bigger things to worry about than the quality of their ride, like keeping their cars rolling over the rocks and ruts that often passed for roads. Flat tires were frequent and service stations were not. Drivers had no choice but to patch and inflate their own tires along the roadside.
From humble beginnings with the invention of the ‘Brisk Blast’ tire pump in 1919, through to the development of the first original equipment passenger vehicle shock absorbers
For a young entrepreneur named August F. Meyer, this was an opportunity too great to pass up. It seemed logical to Meyer that, with all those flat tires, there should be quite a market for tire pumps. Meyer established the Brisk Blast Manufacturing Company in Monroe, Michigan. Under Meyer's leadership, Brisk Blast soon became a leading producer of tire pumps.
In 1918 a local Dodge dealer named Charles S. McIntyre became Meyers's partner and vice president. The company continued to grow and diversify and Brisk Blast became the Monroe Auto Equipment Company.
The Monroe spirit of innovation was hard at work when the company perfected the first self-oiled, single-barreled tire pump. Sales climbed from 5,000 per week to over two million a year.
By 1926, Meyer and McIntyre had turned their attention to a larger opportunity, the demand for increased driver comfort and control. Later that year they introduced the first Monroe “Shock Eliminator,” which soon replaced the unwieldy carriage springs on many passenger vehicles.
Inventor Automotive Pioneer: In 1916, cars still rode on unforgiving and uncomfortable carriage springs. After all, early drivers had bigger things to worry about than the quality of their ride, like keeping their cars rolling over the rocks and ruts that often passed for roads. Flat tires were frequent and service stations were not. Drivers had no choice but to patch and inflate their own tires along the roadside.
From humble beginnings with the invention of the ‘Brisk Blast’ tire pump in 1919, through to the development of the first original equipment passenger vehicle shock absorbers
For a young entrepreneur named August F. Meyer, this was an opportunity too great to pass up. It seemed logical to Meyer that, with all those flat tires, there should be quite a market for tire pumps. Meyer established the Brisk Blast Manufacturing Company in Monroe, Michigan. Under Meyer's leadership, Brisk Blast soon became a leading producer of tire pumps.
In 1918 a local Dodge dealer named Charles S. McIntyre became Meyers's partner and vice president. The company continued to grow and diversify and Brisk Blast became the Monroe Auto Equipment Company.
The Monroe spirit of innovation was hard at work when the company perfected the first self-oiled, single-barreled tire pump. Sales climbed from 5,000 per week to over two million a year.
By 1926, Meyer and McIntyre had turned their attention to a larger opportunity, the demand for increased driver comfort and control. Later that year they introduced the first Monroe “Shock Eliminator,” which soon replaced the unwieldy carriage springs on many passenger vehicles.
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