AM Dow

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AM Dow
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founding 1900s
resolution 1900s
Seat Braintree , Massachusetts , USA
management AM Dow
Branch Automobiles

AM Dow was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

AM Dow originally made electrical parts such as coils . For this he advertised nationally and took part in automobile exhibitions. In 1905 he manufactured a vehicle for his own use. The vehicle was found to be good, it attracted attention and generated demand. Thereupon Dow manufactured more automobiles, which were marketed as Dow . Production ended either in 1905 or around 1906.

In 1907, eight vehicles of this brand were still registered in Massachusetts.

vehicles

The chassis came from AO Smith , the four-cylinder engine from Trebert Gas Engine Company and the tires from Michelin . The structure was a Roi-des-Belges .

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. 491 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 456 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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. 491 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 456 (English).