Carlton Car Company
| Carlton Car Company | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Company |
| founding | 1922 |
| resolution | 1929 |
| Seat | Gisborne , New Zealand |
| management | John North Birch |
| Branch | Automobile manufacturer |
Carlton Car Company was a New Zealand manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
John North Birch, who previously operated Marlborough Engineering , founded the company in Gisborne in 1922 . He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Carlton . Production ended in 1928. In 1929 a fire destroyed the plant. A total of between two and four vehicles were built.
vehicles
The first model was relatively large. A farmer bought a vehicle that was bodied as a truck and an unfinished vehicle as a spare parts store.
The last vehicle was a small car and was about the size of the Austin 7 .
One vehicle still exists.
literature
- Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Carlton (II).
- George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 953. (English)
Web links
- Gisborne Photo News, July 13, 1961 (accessed December 6, 2015)
- Allcarindex (accessed December 6, 2015)
- d'Auto (accessed December 6, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Carlton (II).
- ↑ a b c Gisborne Photo News, July 13, 1961 (accessed December 6, 2015)
- ^ D'Auto (accessed December 6, 2015)
- ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 953. (English)
