Ardsley Motor Car Company

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Ardsley Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1904
resolution 1907
Seat Yonkers , New York , USA
management
  • Frederik P. Fuller
  • A. Everett Hunt Jr.
Branch Automobiles

Ardsley Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Frederik P. Fuller and A. Everett Hunt Jr. founded the company in 1904. The seat was in Yonkers , New York . In 1905 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Ardsley . William S. Howard was the designer. On January 7, 1905, a newspaper reported that there were 25 vehicles in production, with 50 more to follow. Production ended at the end of 1906. On May 16, 1907, the company was dissolved. One source says that it stayed with these 75 vehicles.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a four-cylinder engine with 35/40 hp . The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a three-speed gearbox and cardan drive . The wheelbase was 254 cm. Only building form was a Roi des Belges - touring cars .

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. 61 (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. 65. (English)

Web links

Commons : Ardsley Motor Car Company  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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. 61 (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. 65. (English)