Barnes Manufacturing Company

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Barnes Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1907
resolution 1910
Seat Sandusky , Ohio , USA
Branch Automobiles

Barnes Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1907 in Sandusky , Ohio . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand names were Barnes and Servitor . Production ended in 1910.

vehicles

Brand name Barnes

This brand existed from 1907 to 1910. An air-cooled four-cylinder engine powered the vehicles. The only body shape was a roadster .

Brand name Servitor

This brand was only on the market in 1907. The cars also had an air-cooled four-cylinder engine. The engine output of 20 hp was transmitted to the rear axle via a patented two-speed planetary gearbox and a cardan shaft . The wheelbase was 229 cm. It was also only available as a two-seater roadster. The original price was 1,250 US dollars . For comparison: the somewhat weaker Ford Model S only cost 750 dollars.

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. 106 and p. 1340 (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. 132. (English)
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1437. (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. 106 and p. 1340 (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. 132 and p. 1437. (English)