C. de L. Engineering Works

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C. de L. Engineering Works
legal form
founding 1913
resolution 1913
Seat Nutley , New Jersey , USA
Branch Automobiles

C. de L. Engineering Works was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Nutley , New Jersey , in 1913 . In the same year the production of passenger cars and commercial vehicles began . The brand name was C de L , partly C. de L. posted. Production ended in 1913.

vehicles

The offer included two car and two truck models. What was unusual, at least for the price range, was the fact that the company only manufactured the chassis . External body manufacturers produced the bodies.

The cars had four-cylinder engines . The smaller model had an engine with a displacement of 3200 cc and, depending on the source, 20/30 hp or 20/40 hp. The wheelbase was 300 cm. The other model had an engine with 5913 cc or 7000 cc, depending on the source, which made 30/60 hp , and a 356 cm wheelbase. The operation of the pistons , either single or double, was highlighted in the advertising. What exactly was meant by this remains unclear.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1913 20/30 HP or 20/40 HP 4th 20/30 or 20/40 300 according to customer requirements
1913 30/60 HP 4th 30/60 356 according to customer requirements

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. 265 (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. 254. (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. 265 (English).
  2. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 254. (English)