Advertising Poster for Metz Automobiles, "Metz '22,' Winner of the Glidden Tour," 1913

The Metz Company operated in Waltham, Massachusetts, circa 1909 to 1921. Its first automobiles were inexpensive kit cars purchased by customers -- and shipped to them -- in installments. Metz shifted to fully assembled vehicles in 1911. Two years later, Metz Model 22 cars won the Glidden Tour, a reliability and endurance competition sponsored by the American Automobile Association.