Aerocar Motor Company

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The Aerocar Company (1906-1907)
Aerocar Motor Company (1907-1908)
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Aerocar Motor Company , previously The Aerocar Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Another source names the name Aerocar Company .

Company history

The company was founded in Detroit , Michigan in 1906 and renamed in 1907. It manufactured automobiles between 1906 and 1908. The brand name was Aerocar . The investor was Alexander Y. Malcomson, who previously worked with Henry Ford . The designers were Milton O. Reeves for air-cooled engines and Leo Melanowski for water-cooled engines.

Hudson took over the plant in 1908.

vehicles

The Model A was only available in 1906. At the same time, it was the only model that year. A five-seater touring car body was mounted on a chassis with a 264 cm wheelbase . The four-cylinder engine developed 24 hp .

The Model C from 1907 had a slightly weaker engine with 20 hp. The two-seater runabout also had a 264 cm wheelbase.

The Model D of the years 1907 and 1908 corresponded to the Model C except for the five-seater touring car body .

The Model E existed in 1908. The wheelbase and engine corresponded to the two aforementioned models. A touring car and a three-seater runabout were available.

The Model F was built between 1907 and 1908, a five-seater touring car with 292 cm wheelbase. Its four-cylinder engine developed 40 hp.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1906 Model A 4th 24 264 5-seater touring car
1907 Model C 4th 20th 264 Runabout 2-seater
1907 Model D 4th 20th 264 5-seater touring car
1907 Model F 4th 40 292 5-seater touring car
1908 Model D 4th 20th 264 5-seater touring car
1908 Model E. 4th 20th 264 Touring car, runabout 3-seater
1908 Model F 4th 40 292 5-seater touring car

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. 19 (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. 18 (English).

Web links

Commons : Aerocar Motor Company  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 18 (English).
  2. ↑ 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. 19 (English).