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Oldtimer gallery. Motorcycles. Pre-1932 USA motorcycles. De Luxe motors.
Cars. Pre-1932 USA makes. Spacke, Brook.
1917-1921, The Spacke Machine and Tool Co., Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
1911-1917, The F.W.Spacke Machine Co., Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

Frederick William Spacke founded The F. W. Spacke Machine Company in 1904 and began with air compressors production, then added automobile- and motor machine parts. In 1911 series of De Luxe motorcycle engines appeared. These motors have been used by few motorcycle makers: De Luxe (the marque was not connected with De Luxe of F. W. Spacke), Crawford, Dayton, Eagle, Minneapolis and Sears. These motors came through 1911-1921 with minor changes. Since 1912 Spacke offered transmissions for cyclecars. Fred W. Spacke died in 1915, and soon the company received slightly changed name. I don't know any mention of De Luxe motors produced in 1916-1918, looks like no production at all as all the motorcycles using De Luxe motors, didn't survive after 1915. The Spacke Machine and Tool Co. produced not only motors but automobile axles and other parts for automobiles, tractors and aeroplanes. In 1919-1920 they built own cyclecar Spacke Light Car. In 1920 the firm met financial problems and the car changed name to Brook. Production ceased in 1921. These cars also have been sold by the Peters Motor Corp., Philadelphia, as Peters Light Car in 1921-1922.

1905
   3- and 1-cylinder air compressors, 12k poster.
1907 (the same poster in 1908)
   3- and 1-cylinder air compressors, 56k poster.
1909
   Spacke production, 79k poster.
1911
   De Luxe motors, 210k presentation in the Cycle and Automobile Trade Journal, XI 1911.
   De Luxe motors, 231k poster.
   De Luxe Model O, 9hp, V2-cyl. 4-cycle L-head, 60.89 cu in (997.8cc), bore 3¹/₄", stroke 3.67", Bosch magneto ignition.
   De Luxe Model O, 7hp, V2-cyl. 4-cycle L-head, 36.03 cu in (590.4cc), bore 2¹/₂", stroke 3.67", Bosch magneto ignition.
   De Luxe Model M, 5hp, 1-cyl. 4-cycle L-head, 30.45 cu in (498.9cc), bore 3¹/₄", stroke 3.67", Bosch magneto ignition.
   De Luxe Model M, 4hp, 1-cyl. 4-cycle L-head, 18.02 cu in (295.2cc), bore 2¹/₂", stroke 3.67", Bosch magneto ignition.
   Other production, 184k poster.
1912
   De Luxe motors, model M, 189k poster, X 1912.
   De Luxe motors, models M and O, 233k poster (the same as 1911 but photo of V2 motor added).
   Motor model V with fan, for cyclecars, 14k catalog page.
   Transmission Model F for cyclecars, countershaft style, 10k catalog page.
   Transmission Model G for cyclecars, direct shaft drive, 10k catalog page.
   Other production, 227k poster.
1913
   De Luxe motors, 1913 improvements, 154k article in the Cycle and Automobile Trade Journal, II 1913.
   De Luxe motors, 220k poster.
   Motor model V with fan, for cyclecars, 219k article in the Motor Age, 19 VI 1913.
1914
   De Luxe Model O, 9hp, V2-cyl., 75k photo.
   De Luxe Model M, 5hp, 1-cyl., 84k photo.
1919
   Spacke De Luxe Model V water cooled, Models U and V air cooled, F- and G-transmissions, 36k photo.
   Spacke Light Car, 254k article in the Automobile Trade Journal, IX 1919.
   Spacke Light Car, 59k book folder.
   Spacke Light Car Car Model S19 roadster, 16k photo, 148k zoom.
   Spacke Light Car, 98k official letter, 16 XII 1919.
   Spacke axles, 133k poster.
   Spacke gears, 171k poster.
1920
   Spacke Light Car Model S20, 64k photo.
   Spacke axles, 122k 1 VII 1920 poster, 81k poster, 82k poster.
1921
   Brook Light Car, 155k photo.

Photos and data are from:
Author's archive.
Standard Catalog of American Motorcycles 1898-1981 by Jerry Hatfield.
Cycle and Automobile Trade Journal, 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912.
Automobile Trade Journal, 1912, 1913, 1919, 1920.
WorthPoint.
eBay.
eBay Canada.
Motor Age, 19 VI 1913, 1 VII 1920.
Spacke, site of Tim Spacke.
Indiana Historical Society.
Free Library of Philadelphia.

What else in the net:
Spacke, site of Tim Spacke.
Spacke Historia.

Thanks for help to:
Evgenii Pevzner (Moskva), motorcycle historian,
Thanks to all authors of books, articles and internet resources, to photographers - contemporary and old, to restorers and collectors!

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