AO Walworth & Company

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AO Walworth & Company
legal form Company
founding 1904
resolution 1905
Seat Chicago , Illinois , USA
management Aso L. Walworth
Branch Automobiles

AO Walworth & Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Aso L. Walworth headed the Chicago , Illinois-based company . In 1904 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Walworth . In early 1905 a fire caused great damage. In the spring of 1905, Walworth sold everything to George E. Bignall.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a two-cylinder engine with 14 hp . It drove the rear axle via a two-speed planetary gear and a cardan shaft . The prototype had a chassis with a 193 cm wheelbase . In the series models, the wheelbase was lengthened to 203 cm. The structure was a tonneau with a rear door. The original price was 1,500 US dollars .

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. 1512 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1719 (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. 1512 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1719 (English).