California Automobile Company (Los Angeles)

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California Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1909
resolution 1913
Seat Los Angeles , California , USA
management Volney S. Beardsley
Branch Automobiles

California Automobile Company was a American manufacturer of automobiles from Los Angeles .

Company history

The company was founded in California in 1909 . The Auto Vehicle Company was taken over in November . Its sales manager, Volney S. Beardsley, became president and Fred Hooker Jones became secretary and treasurer. John D. Hooker, George W. Tape, and Russell J. Waters were also involved. The production of tourist automobiles continued. Also, one model was marketed as the California . In February 1910, the company presented vehicles at the South California Automobile Show . In April 1910 an annual target of 150 vehicles was announced. In September 1910, production ended due to a shortage of materials, as the company had no contract with George Baldwin Selden , the holder of the Selden patent . As a dealer for Firestone-Columbus , Warren and Columbus , the company existed until at least 1913. In that year there were plans to resume vehicle production. The Beardsley Electric Company was founded for this purpose. After 1913 the track of the company is lost.

There were no affiliations with any of the other California- branded vehicle manufacturers : California Automobile Company , California Motor Company, and California Motors .

vehicles

Brand name Tourist

The vehicles continued to be built unchanged.

Brand name California

There were three different models on offer. They had a four-cylinder engine . In the 30 HP the engine made 30 HP , in the 40 HP 40 HP and in the 50 HP 50 HP. The weakest model had a chassis with a 269 cm wheelbase and a torpedo body . The other two models had a wheelbase of 300 cm and were bodied as touring cars .

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1910 30 HP 4th 30th 269 torpedo
1910 40 HP 4th 40 300 Touring car
1910 50 HP 4th 50 300 Touring car

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. 247 (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. 239. (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. 247 (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. 239. (English)