Adams Automobile Company

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Adams Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1906 or earlier
resolution 1909
Seat Hiawatha , Kansas , USA
management George Adams
Branch Automobiles

Adams Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

George Adams ran the company in Hiawatha , Kansas . In 1906 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Average Man's Runabout . Marketing ended in 1906 and production ended in 1909. That is, the vehicles from 1907 to 1909 were for personal use.

vehicles

The only model was a high wheeler . A two-cylinder engine with 10 hp was mounted in the front of the vehicle. It drove the rear axle via a friction gear and a chain. The chassis had a 193 cm wheelbase . The open body offered space for two people. The original price was 500 US dollars . For comparison: the slightly longer and more powerful Ford Model N cost the same.

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. 91 (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. 120 (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. 91 (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. 120 (English).