Carrico Motor Company

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Carrico Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1908
resolution 1909
Seat Cincinnati , Ohio , USA
management FD Carrico
Branch Engines , automobiles

Carrico Motor Company was an American manufacturer of engines and automobiles .

Company history

FD Carrico worked for the Speed ​​Changing Pulley Company until 1908 , which later became the De Tamble Motor Company . In 1908 he founded his own company in Cincinnati , Ohio . At first he only manufactured engines. In 1909 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Carrico . Production ended in 1909 when the company was dissolved. In total, only a few vehicles were sold.

Products

The company manufactured air-cooled two-cylinder engines. Customers included De Tamble, Hay-Berg Motor Car Company and Victor Automobile Company .

In addition, the engines were built into self-made chassis . External body manufacturers produced the bodies.

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. 256 (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. 249. (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. 256 (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. 249. (English)