Daley
From Graces Guide
M. H. Daley of Charles City, Iowa was behind this obscure and short-lived make. Daley was a maker of disc and lever harrows for agricultural use, who also harboured ambitions to become a motor manufacturer.
In 1895 he built a very light 2-seater weighing only 195 pounds and powered first by a rotary engine and then a more conventional 2-cylinder unit. The front wheels were held in bicycle-type forks, and could rise up to 12 inches on uneven ground. He announced production in December 1895, the cars to sell at $500 each, but he built no more than six.
In 1898 he informed The Horseless Age that he was "still at it" and may have made one or two more cars, but his main business was farm equipment.
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