Allen Iron & Steel Company

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Allen Iron & Steel Company
legal form Company
founding 1914
resolution 1914
Seat Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
management Phillip M. Maloney
Branch Automobiles

Allen Iron & Steel Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was based in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . In 1914, the production of automobiles began under the direction of Phillip M. Maloney. The brand name was Allen . Production ended in the same year. Overall, only a few vehicles were built.

vehicles

The first model was a light car , a small car , classified slightly above cycle cars . A water-cooled four - cylinder engine with an output of 20 hp propelled the vehicles via a friction gear and two belts. The wheelbase was 274 cm. The track width of 112 cm made it possible to arrange two seats next to each other. The open body of the roadster had a convertible top as standard. The maximum speed was given as 80 km / h.

At the end of 1914 a cardan drive vehicle appeared , but it remained a prototype .

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. 27 (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. 27 (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).