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List Of Defunct Automobile Manufacturers
This is a list of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States. They were discontinued for various reasons, such as bankruptcy of the parent company, mergers, or being phased out. A * A Automobile Company (1910–1913) 'Blue & Gold, Red John, model * Abbott-Detroit (1909–1918) Moved to Cleveland and renamed to 'Abbott' in 1917.Clymer, Floyd. ''Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877–1925'' (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p. 190. * Abeln-Zehr (1911–1912) Renamed to 'Zehr' after departure of S. Abeln in 1912.Clymer, p. 210. * AC Propulsion (1997–2003) tzero model * Apex Motor Car Company (1920–1922) Ace model * Acme Motor Car Company (1903–1911) * Adams Company (1905–1912) 'Adams-Farwell' model * Anger Engineering Company (1913–1915) * Aerocar Company (1905–1908) * Aerocar International (1946–1987) * Aircraft Products (1947) Airscoot model * Airway (1949–1950)Flory, J. "Kelly", Jr. ''American Cars 1946–1959'' (Jefferson, NC: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Automobile Company
The A Automobile Company was an American Brass Era car, brass era Car, automobile manufacturer located in Sacramento, California from 1910 to 1913. The company produced vehicles under the brand name ''Blue & Gold''. History Established in September 1910, the A Automobile Company was founded by San Francisco businessmen E. C. Collins (president), J. H. Graham (vice president), T. F. Cooke (treasurer), and C. E. Gibbs (secretary). They planned to construct a factory with a capacity of 5000 cars, on land provided by the North Sacramento Land Company. Offices were set up in Sacramento in January 1911. Their first product was to be a torpedo (car), torpedo-bodied Runabout (car), runabout, named the ''Blue & Gold'', after the colors of Flag of California, California's state flag. By 1913, a small number of cars had been built, with four- or six-cylinder engine, electric lights, self-starting, and left-hand drive. The four, on a wheelbase, was priced at US$1150, with sliding-gear thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American (1899 Automobile)
The American was an American automobile designed by J. Frank Duryea, Frank Duryea and manufactured by the American Automobile Company of New York City in 1899 to 1901. It was a "hydro-carbon carriage" which could be started from the seat by its chain-and-sprocket gearing. References External links Photo on Flickr Veteran vehicles Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Duryea Motor vehicle manufacturers based in New York (state) {{Veteran-auto-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Automobile And Power Company
The American Automobile and Power Company was an American Brass Era car manufacturer, incorporated in Sanford, Maine, in 1903.Kimes, Beverly Rae. ''The Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1805–1942'' (Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications, 1989), p.30. They produced the American Populaire during 1904 and 1905.Kimes, p.42. Starting with a capital of $500,000, the company incorporated on December 9, 1903. There were eight officers, three from Boston, Massachusetts, the rest locals; Bostonian Henry D. Long was treasurer, Sanfordian Ernest M. Goodall president. With a design from Edward O. Mosher, AEC produced a prototype in a shed in Lawrence, Massachusetts, debuting it at the Boston Automobile Show in March 1904. The company offered three models, all with Mosher's 12 hp (8 kW) two-cylinder engine, on the same 84 in (2134 mm) wheelbase: a $850 roadster, a $950 tonneau (which had an unusual swing-out split front seat), and a $1000 Cape Cod Tourer. By contrast, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American (1911 Automobile)
Founded in Kansas City, Missouri in 1908, the American Automobile Manufacturing Company acquired the Jonz Automobile Company of Beatrice, Nebraska in 1910 with a planned initial capitalization of $1,000,000. In early news releases, the company claimed "$100,000 of the stock has been subscribed for by Chicago and Kansas City men". Initial plans called for the establishment of factories in Kansas City and Louisville, Kentucky. The company settled on moving its offices to Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the List of cities in Kentucky, most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast, and the list of United States cities by population, 27th-most-populous city ... in December, 1910, and began manufacturing in an abandoned woolen mill across the Ohio River from Louisville in New Albany, Indiana. The factory buildings were two and three stories in height, located on a six-acre tract on Vincennes Street in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonz (automobile)
Jonz, Brass Era automobiles and trucks were built by the Jonz Automobile Company from 1908 through 1914 in Beatrice, Nebraska. History The Jonz automobiles and Jonz trucks were built by the Jonz Automobile Company as an American vehicle from 1908 through 1914. The early vehicles were built at the Jonz factory at Seventh and Doane Streets in Beatrice, Nebraska and were later produced in New Albany, Indiana. The Jonz company was founded by inventor Charles Chesterfield ("C. Chester") Jones and his two brothers. Three different models of Jones' patented "vapor cooled engine" cars were initially offered, a roadster, a runabout and a touring car. These models could be ordered with one of three different versions of Jones' patented "Jonz Tranquil Motor". Unique Combustion Engine In 1908 Jones applied for a patent on a 2-stroke gasoline engine that he described as "new and useful" because of its claimed simplicity. The motor design used only five movable parts and did not use a typical r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambassador (automobile Company)
The Ambassador automobile company of Chicago, Illinois was founded in 1921 by John Hertz. History In the late 1910s Hertz took control of the Walden W. Shaw Livery Corporation. The company had already been producing a car of their own, called the Weidely. He took the rest of the stock bodies and put 6-cylinder Continental engines in them, then sold them. The cars had full-leather trunks. In February 1921, the cars made their debut at the Drake Hotel in Chicago, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ... during the Chicago Automobile Show. A 4-cylinder car costing $700 was announced in October of that year, but it was never made. After the original Weidely stock was used up, a smaller car was designed. After 1925, Hertz named it after himself. Models Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amalgamated (1917 Automobile)
The Amalgamated was made by the Amalgamated Machinery Corp of Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ..., Illinois, from 1917 to 1919. The Amalgamated Six used a special engine which featured positively opened poppet valves. Instead of disc cams that would only lift, grooved cylindrical cams of the type similar to those in machine tools and other machinery were utilized. Aside from that, the Amalgamated was an assembled car, and only a few were made. References ^ Keith Marvin, "Amalgamated", in Georgano, G.N., ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars 1885-1968 (New York: E.P. Dutton and Co., 1974), pp. 40. 1910s cars Defunct motor vehicle manufacturers of the United States Motor vehicle manufacturers based in Illinois Defunct manufacturing companies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcoa
Alcoa Corporation (an acronym for "Aluminum Company of America") is an American industrial corporation. It is the world's eighth-largest producer of aluminum. Alcoa conducts operations in 10 countries. Alcoa is a major producer of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and alumina combined, through its active and growing participation in all major aspects of the industry: technology, mining, refining, smelting, fabricating, and recycling. Alcoa emerged in 1888 as the brainchild of Charles Martin Hall, with the funding of Alfred E. Hunt and Arthur Vining Davis. Alcoa was the first mass producer of aluminum. Before Alcoa's formation, aluminum was difficult to refine and, as a result, was more expensive than silver or gold. In 1886, Hall discovered the Hall–Héroult process, the first inexpensive technique for refining aluminum, drastically reducing the price of aluminum while increasing its availability. Hall approached Hunt and Davis to form a company to bring his process to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altham (car)
Altham was an automobile manufactured from 1898 to 1899, in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. It was designed by George J. Altham, and manufactured by Altham International Motor Car Company, which was based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. History In 1896, a designer George J. Altham from Fall River, Massachusetts, United States, after years of work, had made a petrol engine. In August 1897, he installed it in a vehicle for testing purposes. In 1898, Altham International Motor Car Company was established, with its headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. By October 1898, the working prototype was sufficiently developed, and the commercial production of the Altham car had begun. The manufacturing factory was located in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. The production ended in 1899, with only a few vehicles being built overall.Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr.: ''Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1805-1942''. vol. 3. Iola: Krause Pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alter (automobile)
The Alter Motor Car Company, of Plymouth, Michigan, produced over 1,000 automobiles between 1914 and 1916. The company was organized on January 26, 1914, by Guy Hamilton, F.M. Woodward, and other local residents. Construction of the factory started in the spring of 1914. Soon after, they started production of the Alter designed by Clarence Alter of Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The car was made from component parts shipped to Plymouth by rail and then assembled at the Farmer Street factory. At its peak, the factory employed 100 people, and produced 25 vehicles a day. January 1917, the company went into receivership, and closed. The factory building still stands on Farmer Street near downtown Plymouth, across from the Cultural Center. In 2000 it was restored and, as of October 2007, is home to the C.D. Sparling Co., a small manufacturing company. The 1914 model was a five-passenger touring car. A roadster was later introduced. The 1916 Alter model was described as "the classy lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpena (automobile)
The Alpena Flyer was an American automobile manufactured between 1910 and 1914 in Alpena, Michigan by the Alpena Motor Car Company. Approximately 480 cars in 13 models were produced, costing around $1,500, and only one remaining car is known to exist today. The car was intended to be light and inexpensive, and to make Alpena into an "Automobile City". Models The Alpena Flyer was produced as a standard touring car for 4 or 5 passengers; a four-door, 5 passenger touring car; and a roadster. Prices for the 1911 Alpena Flyer standard touring car was $1450; the four-door, 5 passenger car was $1600; and the roadster was $1450. The Alpena Flyer was designed for speed, using unit engine/gearbox construction with three-point suspension. Specifications of the 1911 model included a four-cylinder engine made by Northway or Rutenber. It had almost 40 horsepower, disc clutch, water cooling, a Splitdorf magneto, Schebler carburetor, sliding gear transmission with three speeds and reverse, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
