Caldwell-Vale

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Caldwell-Vale Tipper
A Caldwell Vale truck (1910) loaded with balls of wool. This model had a top speed of 9.6 km / h.
An 80 hp Caldwell Vale tractor (1910). It had four-wheel drive and another cooling tank in the rear. This suggests that the front radiator was insufficient to keep the engine at normal operating temperature.

The Caldwell Vale Motor and Tractor Construction Co. Ltd. was a Australian automotive and commercial vehicle manufacturers, who from 1907 to 1916 in Auburn (New South Wales) , a suburb of Sydney , was established.

Foundation and patents

The brothers Felix Caldwell and Norman Laurie Caldwell from South Australia founded the company. In 1907 they applied for a patent entitled Improvements in and connected with driving and steering of motor propelled vehicles (Engl .: improvements in and in connection with the driving and controlling of motor-driven vehicles). This patent dealt with all-wheel drive in conjunction with all-wheel steering . Henry Vale from New South Wales later joined the company. In 1910, the trio applied for another patent entitled Improved power steering gear for heavy motor driven road vehicles (Engl .: Improved power steering for heavy motor driven road vehicles ).

Products

Few details are known about the brand, but around 40 vehicles were made. Among them was a touring car with all-wheel drive, a 30 hp six-cylinder engine and four-wheel steering. Another source mentions a four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 4310 cc , 32 hp and a four-speed gearbox. Some tractors were also built.

takeover

In 1912/1913 the company lost a lawsuit over performance guarantees for its trucks and was taken over by Purcell Engineering in 1916 .

literature

Web links

Commons : Caldwell-Vale  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikibooks: Tractor Lexicon: Caldwell Vale  - Learning and Teaching Materials

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Caldwell; Caldwell-Vale.
  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. 238. (English)
  3. ^ History of Caldwell-Vale at ebroadcast.com.au (English) ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ebroadcast.com.au
  4. ^ David Burgess Wise: The New Encyclopedia of Automobiles
  5. ↑ History of Caldwell-Vale at Ozemail.com.au (English)