CPT (vehicle brand)

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CPT was an American vehicle brand.

Brand history

The Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company of Chicago in Illinois set air pressure systems and tools ago. Motor vehicles were also created . In 1906 there were passenger cars called CPT , which were intended for the company's own salesmen. Around 50 of these vehicles were built. In 1912 several trucks with the same brand name followed. In addition, were commercial vehicles as Duntley , Giant and Litte Giant offered.

vehicles

Car

The only model was an open two-seat runabout . Its two-cylinder engine developed 22 hp . The solid rubber tires were striking .

truck

The vehicles had a gasoline engine . They were designed for payloads of around 680 kg to around 900 kg.

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. 385 (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. 344. (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. 385 (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. 344. (English)