Central Car Company

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Central Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1913
resolution 1914
Seat Connersville , Indiana , USA
Branch Automobiles

Central Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was based in Connersville , Indiana . In 1913 the production of automobiles began in cooperation with the Lexington Motor Company from the same city. It was launched in December 1913 at the New York Automobile Show . The brand name was Howard . The Howard Motor Car Company was founded in Chicago for sales . HP Tuttle and JC Moore were the designers. Production ended in 1914.

Other American manufacturers of Howard-brand passenger cars were: Howard Automobile Company from New Jersey , Howard Automobile Company from New York , Howard Motor Works , Howard Automobile Company from Michigan , A. Howard Company and Howard Motors Corporation .

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a six-cylinder engine from the Continental Motors Company . He made 60 hp from 6900 cm³ displacement . The chassis had a wheelbase of 335 cm . Construction was an open touring car with five seats. The original price was 2075 US dollars .

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. 720 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 723 (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. 720 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 723 (English).