American Automobile and Power Company

American Automobile and Power Company
legal form	Company
founding	1903
resolution	1905
Seat	Sanford , Maine , USA
management	Ernest M. Goodall
Branch	Automobiles

American Automobile and Power Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Eight people from Sanford and Boston started the company in Sanford, Maine on December 9, 1903 . Ernest M. Goodall was the President, Henry D. Long the Treasurer, and Edward O. Mosher the Designer. In 1904 the production of automobiles began, initially in a small workshop in Lawrence , Massachusetts . The brand name was American Populaire . In March 1904, the first vehicle was presented at the Boston Automobile Show . Series production took place at a plant in Sanford and ended in April 1905 when the plant was sold.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. Its engine had unusual valve timing . One source gives a two-cylinder engine with 12  hp , another a four-cylinder engine . The wheelbase was 213 cm. The Tonneau body shape offered space for four people. Instead of a rear door or two side doors, access to the rear was via a folding front seat. In addition, a are runabout and a Cape Cod - touring car survived.

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. 45 (English).
• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 53. (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 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. 45 (English).
2. ^ ^{A b} George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 53. (English)