Automobile Cycle Car Company

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Automobile Cycle Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1913
resolution 1915
Reason for dissolution Death of the owner
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
management William Andrew de Foam
Branch Automobiles

Automobile Cycle Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

William Andrew de Schaum previously worked in the automotive industry with the Schaum Automobile & Motor Manufacturing Company , the C. Rossler Manufacturing Company , the De Schaum Motor Syndicate Company, and the Suburban Motor Car Company . He founded the company in December 1913. The headquarters were in Detroit , Michigan . Automobile production began in June 1914. The brand name was Tiger . Production ended in February 1915 after de Schaum died.

vehicles

Announced was a single-seat Cyclecar . The series models were larger and did not meet the criteria for cycle cars. The four-cylinder engine came from Farmer and was water-cooled . It had 69.85 mm bore , 101.6 mm stroke , 1557 cm³ displacement and was thus well above the displacement limit of 1100 cm³ for cycle cars. The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a three-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft . The chassis had a 229 cm wheelbase and 122 cm track .

Model W was a two-seater roadster . A four-seater was Model A called. There were with the Model D a light vans .

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. 1469 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1592 (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. 1469 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1592 (English).