Chalfant Gasoline Motor Car Company

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Chalfant Gasoline Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1905
resolution 1912
Seat Lenover , Pennsylvania , USA
management
  • Harry Chalfant
  • Millard F. Chalfant
  • W. Howard Chalfant
Branch Automobiles

Chalfant Gasoline Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1905 in Lenover , Pennsylvania . Harry Chalfant, Millard F. Chalfant and W. Howard Chalfant directed it. Horace S. Boyd and William Michener were also with the company. They manufactured automobiles from 1905 to 1912, which were marketed as Chalfant . A total of around 50 vehicles were built.

vehicles

The first model had a water-cooled two - cylinder engine with 22 hp . It drove the rear axle via a planetary gear and two chains. The wheelbase was 229 cm. Initially, only a touring car was available, which cost $ 1200 . A runabout with the same chassis was also available on request.

In 1907, the touring car cost $ 1,300. The runabout was no longer mentioned.

In 1908 a model with a four-cylinder engine came out. Chalfant ordered parts for twelve vehicles.

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. 269-270 (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. 260. (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. 269-270 (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. 260. (English)