Chautauqua Motor Company

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Webb Jay Motor Company
Chautauqua Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1908
resolution 1911
Seat Dunkirk , New York , USA
Branch Automobiles

Chautauqua Motor Company , previously Webb Jay Motor Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Former racing driver Webb Jay founded the Webb Jay Motor Company in Chicago , Illinois in 1908 . His brother Frank Jay was also involved. They sold White Motor Company vehicles . In 1908 they made some automobiles themselves. The brand name was Jay Webb . The company still existed as a car dealer after 1908.

In March 1910, the name was changed to Chautauqua Motor Company when the company moved to Dunkirk , New York State . In January 1911 an advertisement appeared for a passenger car , which was now offered as the Chautauqua Steamer . In February 1911, a truck was presented at the Chicago Automobile Show . One source thinks that they remained prototypes .

vehicles

Brand name Webb Jay

The only model was a steam car . It had a steam engine with two cylinders that made 30 hp . The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a two-speed gearbox and chains. The open touring car offered space for five people. The original price was 4,000 US dollars .

Brand name Chautauqua Steamer

These were steam cars too.

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. 279 and p. 1525 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1728. (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 279 and p. 1525 (English).
  2. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1728. (English)