Auto tricar

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Auto-Tricar , also spelled Auto Tri-Car , was an American car brand.

Brand history

Alden E. Osborn had already made a three-wheel prototype in 1906 . In 1914 he manufactured a number of automobiles which he marketed as Auto-Tricar . The company's headquarters were on Valentine Avenue in New York City .

vehicles

Various tricycles were on offer. In all of them, the engine was mounted behind the single front wheel. It drove the front wheel via a two-speed planetary gear and a chain. The water-cooled engines came from Prugh .

One model had a single cylinder engine . The wheelbase was 244 cm. A runabout with two seats in a row had a rear track of 76 cm. A runabout with two seats next to each other and a light commercial vehicle had a track width of 107 cm.

Another model had a two-cylinder engine . The chassis had a wheelbase of 274 cm. The Surrey and Runabout have been handed down with two seats next to each other.

Model overview

year cylinder Wheelbase (cm) construction
1914 1 244 Tandem runabout, side by side runabout, light delivery
1914 2 274 Surrey, side by side runabout

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. 91 (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. 117. (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. 91 (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. 117. (English)