Babcock Electric Carriage Company

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Babcock Electric Carriage Company
legal form Company
founding 1906
resolution 1912
Reason for dissolution fusion
Seat Buffalo , New York , USA
management Frank A. Babcock
Branch Automobiles

Babcock from 1909

Babcock Electric Carriage Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Frank A. Babcock ran the Buffalo Electric Carriage Company from 1901 to 1906 . In 1906 he founded a new company in Buffalo , New York . To do this, he took over the previous Buffalo company. He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Babcock . Production ended in 1912.

In 1912 the Clark Motor Company and the Buffalo Automobile Station Company merged to form the Buffalo Electric Vehicle Company .

There was no connection with the HH Babcock Company , which used the same brand name between 1909 and 1913.

vehicles

The company made electric cars. The performance of the electric motors has not been handed down. Every year there were several different models in the range, which differed in terms of wheelbase and body shape.

The Model 1 from 1906 and 1907 was a Stanhope with a 160 cm wheelbase. There was also a Special Stanhope with a 168 cm wheelbase in 1907 .

The Model 3 was a runabout with 183 cm wheelbase, there was only 1906th

The same goes for the Model 4 .

The Model 5 1906 was a special with 183 cm wheelbase, 1907 runabout with 198 cm wheelbase, 1908, a runabout with 183 cm wheelbase and 1910, a roadster with 183 cm wheelbase.

The Model 6 had a continuous 198 cm wheelbase. In 1907 it was called the Runabout and from 1908 to 1912 it was called the Victoria .

The Model 7 was a Brougham with a 183 cm wheelbase and was offered in 1907 and 1908.

The Model 8 was only available in 1907. It was a coupé with a 165 cm wheelbase.

The Model 10 the years 1908 and 1909 corresponded to the Model 8 .

The Model 11 was a Special Stanhope with a 168 cm wheelbase in 1908 , but a Town Car with a 254 cm wheelbase in 1909 and 1910 .

The Model 12 was available from 1909 to 1912. The Roadster had a wheelbase of 239 cm.

The Model 14 was a coupe with 218 cm wheelbase from 1910 to 1912.

The Model 15 was a runabout from 1909 with a wheelbase of 183 cm.

The Model 17 of 1912 Large coupe called. The wheelbase of 218 cm, however, corresponded to the other coupé of the year.

The Model 18 came out in 1912. This was a 254 cm wheelbase Fore Door Roadster .

Model overview

year model Wheelbase (cm) construction
1906 Model 1 160 Stanhope
1906 Model 3 183 Runabout
1906 Model 4 183 Runabout
1906 Model 5 183 Special
1906 Model 1 160 Stanhope
1907 Model 1 168 Special Stanhope
1907 Model 5 198 Runabout
1907 Model 6 198 Runabout
1907 Model 7 183 Brougham
1907 Model 8 165 Coupe
1908 Model 5 183 Runabout
1908 Model 6 198 Victoria
1908 Model 7 183 Brougham
1908 Model 10 165 Coupe
1908 Model 11 168 Special Stanhope
1909 Model 6 198 Victoria
1909 Model 10 165 Coupe
1909 Model 11 254 Town Car
1909 Model 12 239 Roadster
1909 Model 15 183 Runabout
1910 Model 5 183 Roadster
1910 Model 6 198 Victoria
1910 Model 11 254 Town Car
1910 Model 12 239 Roadster
1910 Model 14 218 Coupe
1911 Model 6 198 Victoria
1911 Model 12 239 Roadster
1911 Model 14 218 Coupe
1912 Model 6 198 Victoria
1912 Model 12 239 Roadster
1912 Model 14 218 Coupe
1912 Model 17 218 Large coupe
1912 Model 18 254 Fore Foor Roadster

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. 92 (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. 125. (English)

Web links

Commons : Babcock Electric Carriage 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. 92 (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. 125. (English)