Bay State Automobile Company

Bay State Automobile Company
legal form	Company
founding	1906
resolution	1908
Seat	Boston , Massachusetts , USA
management	Rossell Drisko George Temple
Branch	Automobiles

Advert of the company from 1906

Bay State Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Rossell Drisko and George Temple founded the company in January 1906 in Boston , Massachusetts . In January 1907, automobile production began, marketed as the Bay State . In December 1907 financial problems began. Production ended in 1908.

There was no association with the RH Long Company , which used the same brand name.

vehicles

The Forty , English for 40, was the only model. It had a four-cylinder engine that made 40 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 310 cm . In the first year there were only seven-seater touring cars . In the second year, a five-seat runabout supplemented the range.

Model overview

year	model	cylinder	Power ( hp )	Wheelbase (cm)	construction
1907	Forty	4th	40	310	7-seater touring car
1908	Forty	4th	40	310	7-seater touring car, 5-seater 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. 110 (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. 135. (English)

Web links

Commons : Bay State Automobile 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. 110 (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. 135. (English)