Benson Automobile Company

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Benson Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1901
resolution 1901
Seat Cleveland , Ohio , USA
management AM Benson
Branch Automobiles

Benson Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

AM Benson founded the company in March 1901 in Cleveland , Ohio . To this end, he took over the steam car division of the Eastman Automobile Company until May 1901 . LP McLouth, Edward F. Hamm and HP Shupe were also with the company. They made automobiles that were sold as Benson . Production ended in the same year. A total of around 13 vehicles were built.

vehicles

The steam wagons largely corresponded to the Eastman models. The bodies were made of steel . The original price was 750 US 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. 118 (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. 148. (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. 118 (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. 148. (English)