Artzberger Automobile Company

Artzberger Automobile Company
legal form	Company
founding	1904
resolution	1904
Seat	Allegheny , Pennsylvania , USA
management	WH Artzberger
Branch	Automobiles

Artzberger Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

WH Artzberger founded the company in Allegheny , Philadelphia in 1904 . In the same year he manufactured steam cars that were marketed as Artzberger Steam .

vehicles

The vehicles were based on the cars of the Foster Automobile Manufacturing Company . However, the wheelbase was lengthened. A steam engine propelled the vehicles.

There was a choice of roadsters with 193 cm wheelbase, Surrey and touring cars with 198 cm wheelbase each, as well as a light commercial vehicle whose wheelbase has not been recorded.

Artzberger also used his vehicles with success in car races, according to which he competed with standard vehicles, while some of the competitors used lighter vehicles. Victories are mentioned in a hill climb at Highland Park in Allegheny in the summer of 1904 and in a 100- mile race from Rochester to Buffalo.

Model overview

year	Wheelbase (cm)	construction
1904	193	Roadster
1904	198	Surrey, touring cars
1904	?	Light delivery

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. 66 (English).

Individual evidence

↑ 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. 66 (English).

[Kimes-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. 66 (English).