Corwin Manufacturing Company (formerly
Vaughn Machine Company
Corwin Manufacturing Company (formerly Vaughn Machine Company) was a pioneer brass era American automobile company, built in Peabody, Massachusetts.Clymer, p.158.
During 1905 and 1906, Corwin produced the ''Gas-au-lec'', a five-place side-entr ...
) was a pioneer
brass era American
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company, built in
Peabody,
.
[Clymer, p.158.]
During 1905 and 1906, Corwin produced the ''
Gas-au-lec'', a five-place side-entrance
tourer with a
copper
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-jacketed four-cylinder
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gasoline
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(petrol) engine of 40-45 hp (30-34 kW). The company's ads claimed it lacked starting crank, "change speed gears", clutch, cams, valve gear, tappets, and complications,
thanks to electromagnetically operated
inlet valves.
Notes
Sources
*Clymer, Floyd. ''Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925''. New York: Bonanza Books, 1950.
*David Burgess Wise, ''The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles''
See also
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