AF Clark & ​​Company

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
AF Clark & ​​Company
legal form Company
founding 1903
resolution 1905
Seat Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
management Albert F. Clark
Branch Motor vehicles

AF Clark & ​​Company was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles .

Company history

Albert F. Clark founded the company in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania in 1903 . He manufactured passenger cars and commercial vehicles, but also batteries , motors and other accessories. The brand name was Clark , possibly with the addition of Electric . Production ended in 1905.

Clark founded the Toledo Electric Vehicle Company in 1908 .

vehicles

One line of models were electric cars . They were given a top speed of 29 km / h and a range of 64 km . A structure called Stanhope is known.

Another model series was the Electric Combination . These were hybrid electric vehicles . In addition to an electric motor , these vehicles also had a gasoline engine with 7 hp . They could reach 48 km / h. The vehicles were bodied as Brougham .

Overview of car brands from the US, the Clark include

brand Manufacturer Marketing start End of marketing Location, state
Clark Clark Manufacturing Company 1897 1901 Moline, Illinois
Clark Edward S. Clark Steam Automobiles 1900 1909 Boston, Massachusetts
Clark AF Clark & ​​Company 1903 1905 Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Clark Clark Motor Car Company 1910 1912 Shelbyville, Indiana
Clark Furgason Motor Company 1910 1911 Lansing, Michigan
Clark Electric Toledo Electric Vehicle Company 1909 1910 Toledo, Ohio
Clark Electric Brunn Carriage Manufacturing Company 1910 1910 Buffalo, New York
Clark-Hatfield Clark-Hatfield Automobile Company 1908 1909 Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Clark-Norwalk Norwalk Motor Car Company 1910 1910 Norwalk, Ohio
Clarkmobile Clarkmobile Company 1903 1904 Lansing, Michigan

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 337 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 309 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 337 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 309 (English).