Carroll Automobile Company

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Carroll Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1921
resolution 1922
Seat Lorain , Ohio , USA
Branch Automobiles

Carroll Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Lorain , Ohio in 1921 . From 1921 to 1922, it manufactured automobiles that were marketed as Carroll . A total of 183 vehicles were built, one of which still exists.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. The six-cylinder engine came from the Beaver Manufacturing Company , according to two sources . The engine of the surviving vehicle, however, has a nameplate that says Buda , which means it comes from Buda . The engine developed 66 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 325 cm . There was a choice of two-seater roadster and five-seater touring car . One source says the roadster remained a prototype . The radiator grille mounted far behind the front axle was striking .

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. 257 (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)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 257 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c 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)
  3. ↑ Type plate on the engine of the surviving vehicle (English, accessed on May 11, 2019)