Chadwick Engineering Works

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The Chadwick Engineering Works were an American automobile manufacturer.

description

The company existed from 1904 as Fairmount Engineering Company in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . In March 1907 it moved to Pottstown and was now called Chadwick Engineering Works . Automobiles were made from 1904 to 1916 and again briefly in 1960 . The brand name was Chadwick . Around 300 vehicles were built before the war, two of which still exist.

The Champion Motors Corporation used a part of the work from 1918 or 1919 until its dissolution 1924th

vehicles

In 1960 an open two-seater with a doorless body made of GRP and 10 ″ wheels was on offer. The two-seater roadster looked like a golf cart. The car was powered by an air-cooled single-cylinder engine with a displacement of 288 cm³ , which was supplied by BMW and developed 13 hp (9.6 kW). The same engine was also installed in the BMW Isetta .

Production numbers

year Production number
1905 25th
1906 30th
1907 35
1908 38
1909 36
1910 35
1911 31
1912 23
1913 18th
1914 16
1915 13
1916 7th
total 307

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Chadwick.
  • 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. 260. (English)
  • John Gunnell (Ed.): Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975 . 4th edition. Krause Publications, Inc, Iola, Wisconsin 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X (English).