CP Kimball Company

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CP Kimball & Company
C.P. Kimball Company
legal form Company
founding 1847
resolution 1929
Seat Chicago , Illinois , USA
Branch Carriages , bodies , automobiles

A Kimball bodied Packard

CP Kimball Company , previously CP Kimball & Company , was an American manufacturer of carriages , car bodies and automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Portland , Maine in 1847 . At first it made carriages. In 1877 the company was renamed and moved to Chicago , Illinois . The production of car bodies and automobiles began around 1900. The brand name was Kimball . Only between 1910 and 1912 were the vehicles officially offered. In the period before and in 1913, they were only made to customer orders.

In 1929 the company was dissolved.

vehicles

Electric cars were on offer . One source gives 10 HP engine power for the electric motors , power transmission via two chains to the rear axle, a range of 120 to 160 km, solid rubber tires and steering using a steering wheel .

There were three models between 1910 and 1912. Model E-7 and Model E-8 had a wheelbase of 183 cm . The first was an Extension Coupe and the second was a Victoria Phaeton . The F-10 model had a 254 cm wheelbase chassis and was bodied as a landaulet .

In 1912 there was George IV as a Phaeton and Special Design as a coupé. Both models had a wheelbase of 208 cm.

Model overview

year model Wheelbase (cm) construction
1910-1912 Model E-7 183 Extension Coupé
1910-1912 Model E-8 183 Victoria Phaeton
1910-1912 Model F-10 254 Landaulet
1912 George IV 208 Phaeton
1912 Special design 208 Coupe

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. 806-807 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 824 (English).

Web links

Commons : CP Kimball & Company  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Mark Theobald: Coachbuilt (English, accessed on July 21, 2018)
  2. ↑ 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. 806-807 (English).
  3. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 824 (English).
  4. ↑ American Automobiles (accessed July 21, 2018)