Anderson Machine Company

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Anderson Machine Company
legal form Company
founding 1906
resolution 1906
Seat Bedford , Indiana , USA
Branch Automobiles

Anderson Machine Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was based in Bedford , Indiana . Automobile production began around May 1906. The brand name was Anderson . In October 1906 the press reported on it. In November 1906 there was another report that production would end after six months. The number of vehicles produced remained small.

There were no affiliations with the Anderson Carriage Manufacturing Company and Anderson Buggy Company , which used the same brand name.

Fred Postal took over the company, founded the Postal Automobile & Engineering Company and continued production under its own brand name.

vehicles

The only model was a high wheeler . The vehicles were powered by an air-cooled two-cylinder engine with 12.5 hp . The open runabout offered space for two people. The solid rubber tires were striking.

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. 49-50 (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. 57. (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. 49-50 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 57. (English)