Bayer Brothers Carriage Works

Bayer Brothers Carriage Works
legal form
founding	1857
resolution	?
Seat	Leavenworth , Kansas , USA
Branch	Body shop

Bayer Brothers Carriage Works was an American body manufacturer.

Company history

The company from Leavenworth , Kansas manufactured bodies for carriages from 1857 . In 1905 Henry Bauer headed the company. In that year four automobiles were built that were marketed as a farmer . Charles Boyle was the designer. It is not known when the company was dissolved.

vehicles

The only model was a tricycle. A two-cylinder engine , which was mounted under the seat, propelled the vehicles. Was steered with a steering lever.

A vehicle was sold and shipped to a company in the Carnival, Fastnacht and Mardi Gras sector .

A buyer from Los Angeles paid 350 dollars for a vehicle. By comparison, the Ford Model C cost at least $ 800.

A vehicle acquired Hease Motor Company of Kansas City, Missouri .

The fourth vehicle remained in the possession of Henry Bauer. 20 years later Henry Ford tried in vain to acquire this vehicle for his museum.

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. 109 (English).

Individual evidence

↑ 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. 109 (English).

[Kimes-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. 109 (English).