Boston & Amesbury Manufacturing Company

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Boston & Amesbury Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1902
resolution 1903
Seat Amesbury , Massachusetts , USA
management HA Spiller
Branch Automobiles

Boston & Amesbury Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

HA Spiller had already gained experience in automotive engineering at Pringst-Spiller Power & Auto Company and Spiller Motor Carriage Company . In the summer of 1902 he founded the company in Amesbury , Massachusetts . In that year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Boston & Amesbury . In November 1902, a vehicle was exhibited at the Mechanics Fair in Boston . 15 orders were placed during the exhibition and a vehicle was immediately sold to a disabled person . The plans for 1903 were 200 vehicles. Production ended in 1903. A source suspects underfunding as the reason for the downfall.

vehicles

There were two models with a two-cylinder engine on offer . The weaker one had an 8 hp engine. The open body had two seats plus two front folding seats. The vehicle weighed about 816 kg. Left- hand drive was unusual .

The more powerful model had a 16 hp engine, a four-seater body and weighed around 1089 kg. One source states that this model was listed, but it is unclear whether such a vehicle was actually manufactured.

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. 138 (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 , pp. 183-184. (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. 138 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 183-184. (English)