Charles Sefrin Motor Carriage Company

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Graham Automobile Company
Charles Sefrin & Company
Charles Sefrin Motor Carriage Company
legal form Company
founding 1902
resolution 1905
Seat Brooklyn , New York , USA
management Charles Sefrin
Branch Automobiles

Charles Sefrin Motor Carriage Company , previously Graham Automobile Company and Charles Sefrin & Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Graham Automobile Company was founded in Brooklyn , New York, in 1902 . The production of automobiles began. The brand name was Graham Motorette .

In 1903 Charles Sefrin bought the company and renamed it Charles Sefrin & Company . The brand name initially remained unchanged.

A reorganization took place in early 1904. The new company name was Charles Sefrin Motor Carriage Company . The vehicles were now marketed as Sefrin . Production ended in 1905.

vehicles

Brand name Graham Motorette

Only one model was on offer. An air-cooled single-cylinder engine drove the rear axle via a chain. The open body of the runabout offered space for two people. The curb weight was given as 204 kg. The engine initially developed 3 hp . After the takeover by Sefrin, an engine from the ER Thomas Motor Car Company with 3.5 HP was used.

Brand name Sefrin

The single cylinder model was still offered.

A larger type completed the range. Its engine developed 9 hp. The vehicle was bodied as a touring car.

At the beginning of 1905 there were prototypes with an air-cooled two-cylinder engine , a three-speed planetary gearbox and bodies as touring cars and delivery vans . These models no longer went into production.

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. 647 and pp. 1336-1337 (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. 642 (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. 647 (English).
  2. ↑ 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. 1336-1337 (English).
  3. ↑ 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. 642 (English).