Carter Motor & Manufacturing Company

Carter Motor & Manufacturing Company
legal form	Company
founding	1915
resolution	1916
Seat	Hannibal , Missouri , USA
management	JO Carter
Branch	Automobiles

Carter Motor & Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

JO Carter founded the company in Hannibal , Missouri , in 1915 . He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Cartermobile in the first year . The success in the market remained low. Carter redesigned the vehicle and re-launched it as the Brownie in late 1915 . At the end of 1916 there were plans to relocate production to the Carter Manufacturing Company in Detroit , but these were no longer implemented. Production ended in 1916.

vehicles

Brand name Cartermobile

The only model had a four-cylinder engine . The chassis had a 292 cm wheelbase . The original price was 985 US dollars .

Brand name Brownie

There were hardly any differences. The wheelbase was shortened to 290 cm. The engine developed 23 hp . The price had been lowered to $ 735.

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. 155 and p. 260 (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. 202. (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. 155 and p. 260 (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. 202. (English)