Barbarino Motor Car Corporation

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Barbarino Motor Car Corporation
legal form Corporation
founding 1923
resolution 1925
Seat Brooklyn , New York , USA
management Salvatore Barbarino
Branch Automobiles

Barbarino Motor Car Corporation was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Salvatore Barbarino

The Italian-born Salvatore Barbarino (1886–1960) was a well-known racing driver. In the Frontenac racing team of Louis and Gaston Chevrolet , to which they belonged as drivers alongside Joe Boyer (1890–1924) and Ralph Mulford (1884–1973), Barbarino was a substitute driver and on-board mechanic. On the Indianapolis 500 miles in 1919 he drove for Louis Chevrolet for a short time; In 1920 he shared the Monroe Special racing car with it until it was eliminated after a technical defect on lap 94.

Company history

After his time as a racing driver, he designed a light and sporty passenger car. To market it, he and partners founded the Advance Motors Corporation in 1923, based in Stamford , which took over the tools and machines from the insolvent automobile manufacturer Richelieu . There were differences between the partners and legal problems; eventually Barbarino withdrew and the company was reorganized without him as Barbarino Motor Car Corporation, based in Port Jefferson , New York State . Brooklyn is named as the actual production location .

The official presentation took place in January 1925 in the New York Hotel Commodore , a popular place for such occasions thanks to the huge lobby. The Duesenberg Model A was presented here in 1920 , the Ace in 1921 and the first Chrysler in 1924 .

The production of automobiles marketed as Barbarino did not begin until the beginning of 1925. Less than ten vehicles were produced until the renewed and final bankruptcy in 1925.

vehicles

According to his own statements, Barbarino invested six years in the development of the vehicles. It was powered by a four-cylinder engine . It was originally from the LeRoi Company , but was revised by Barbarino. It had a displacement of 2245 cc and 28 hp. The chassis had a wheelbase of 279 cm . Four-wheel brakes operated by means of cables represented an innovation. The bodies of all vehicles, including those shown at the presentation in New York, were made to customer specifications at the Chupurdy Auto Coach Works in New York City . Two-seat roadsters , four-seat touring cars and limousines as well as town cars have survived .

A seven-seater touring car with a 90 hp strong eight-cylinder - inline engine was also planned.

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. 104-105 (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. 131. (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. 104-105 (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. 131. (English)
  3. ↑ a b c d Mark Theobald: HR Chupurdy & Co. (English, accessed December 14, 2019)