CWB Sports Automobiles

CWB Sports Automobiles Ltd.
legal form	Limited
founding	1927
resolution	1929
Seat	New Haven , Connecticut , USA
management	Charles Wakefield Bishop
Branch	Automobiles

CWB Sports Automobiles Ltd. was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Charles Wakefield Bishop was a student at Yale University . He founded the company in New Haven , Connecticut in 1927 . He manufactured four automobiles from 1927 to 1929. The brand name was CWB .

A second source gives the construction period as 1927 to 1930, and a third as 1928.

vehicles

The first vehicle was called SF . It consisted of parts of different origins. The four-cylinder engine came from the Ford Model T , the suspension from a Buick and the tank from an American Fiat .

The second vehicle was Wendy . A box girder frame with a 305 cm wheelbase formed the basis. A six-cylinder engine from the Continental Motors Company powered the vehicle. The tank was from a Pierce Arrow . The grille was similar to the first model.

The third vehicle followed in 1928. The chassis had a 366 cm wheelbase. It was designed in the underslung style at the rear .

The fourth vehicle was called the Tiger . The wheelbase was only 275 cm.

Vehicle number 5 with front-wheel drive in the style of the French Tracta and two rear axles was not completed.

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. 410 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} 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. 410 (English).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry. McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0972-X , p. 81. (English)
3. ↑ CWB at www.allcarindex.com. (English, accessed December 9, 2017)