Allen-Kingston Motor Car Company

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Allen-Kingston Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1908
resolution 1910
Seat Bristol , Connecticut , USA
management Walter C. Allen
Branch Automobiles

Allen-Kingston Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Walter C. Allen was a vehicle importer in New York City , New York State . He founded a vehicle production company in Kingston and took over the New York Car & Truck Company from the same town. The production of automobiles began. The brand name was Allen-Kingston . Around 100 vehicles were built in the first year of production. In 1910 the company moved to Bristol , Connecticut . Production ended in the same year.

vehicles

In 1908 the range consisted of three models. It was powered by a four-cylinder engine with 40/45 hp . The Model C with a 320 cm wheelbase was a touring car with seven seats. The Runabout Model D only had a 307 cm wheelbase. The Model E sedan had a wheelbase of 320 cm.

In 1909 there was a vehicle with the Four with an engine only 17 hp. The wheelbase of the Coupé de Ville was 269 cm. Another model, also called Four , had an engine with 48 hp and 317 cm wheelbase. It was available as a touring car, a runabout, a limousine, as well as a Meadowbrook , Gunboat and Baby Tonneau , although it is unclear what the three last-named bodies represented.

In 1910, the aforementioned big four was available as a roadster , touring car, Coupé de Ville, Racer and Gunboat . The junior was also part of the range manufactured by GJG Motor Car Company . Its four-cylinder engine developed 36 hp. The wheelbase was 305 cm. The Roadster and Baby Tonneau bodies have survived .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1908 Model C 4th 40/45 320 7-seater touring car
1908 Model D 4th 40/45 307 Runabout
1908 Model E. 4th 40/45 320 limousine
1909 Four 4th 17th 269 Coupé de Ville
1909 Four 4th 48 318 Touring Car, Runabout, Meadowbrook, Gunboat, Baby Tonneau, Limousine
1910 Four 4th 48 318 Roadster, racer, touring car, gunboat, Coupé de Ville
1910 Junior 4th 36 305 Baby Tonneau, roadster

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. 28 (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. 36 (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. 28 (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. 36 (English).