Burtt Manufacturing Company

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Burtt Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1902
resolution 1914
Seat Kalamazoo , Michigan , USA
management
  • Frank Burtt
  • Warren B. Cannon
Branch Automobiles

Burtt Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Frank Burtt and Warren B. Cannon founded the company in Kalamazoo , Michigan , in 1902 . They started producing automobiles in 1903. The brand name was Cannon . In 1906 a larger plant was built. Production ended in the same year. After that, clutches and gasoline engines called Kalamazoo were created . After 1914 the track of the company is lost.

vehicles

From 1903 to 1905 there were two models in the range. The smaller one was a runabout . A single cylinder engine with 7 HP power drove it. The wheelbase was 183 cm. There was also a tonneau . Its chassis had a wheelbase of 215 cm. The two-cylinder engine developed 15 hp.

In 1906 there were two new models. They were bodied as a tonneau with side entry. The Model 2 had a four-cylinder engine with 50 hp and 305 cm wheelbase. The Model 3 was smaller with a 264 cm wheelbase and less motorized with a 24 hp two-cylinder engine.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1903-1905 7 HP 1 7th 183 Runabout
1903-1905 15 HP 2 15th 215 Tonneau
1906 Model 2 4th 50 305 Side entrance tonneau
1906 Model 3 2 24 264 Side entrance tonneau

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. 252 (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. 245. (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. 252 (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. 245. (English)