Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine Company

Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine Company
legal form	Company
founding	1910
resolution	1977
Seat	Cincinnati , Ohio , USA
Branch	Motor vehicles

Ahrens-Fox fire engine

Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine Company was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles .

Company history

John P. Ahrens and Charles P. Fox founded the company in Cincinnati , Ohio , in 1910 . They started with the production of fire fighting accessories. In the beginning, these were steam pumps pulled by horses. Motor vehicles and fire engines were added later . The brand name was Ahrens-Fox . In 1913 passenger cars were also made . The planned buyers were the board members of fire departments. Ultimately, all six vehicles went to the Cincinnati Fire Department . Production ended in 1977.

The brand name is used by HME Incorporated .

Car

The only model was the EC Battalion Roadster model as a roadster . A six-cylinder engine with 44 hp powered the rear axle via a four-speed gearbox. The maximum speed was given as 80 km / h.

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. 20 (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. 20 (English).

Web links

Commons : Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine Company  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• HME Incorporated (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. 20 (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. 20 (English).