Chelsea Manufacturing Company (New Jersey)

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Chelsea Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1914
resolution 1914
Seat Newark , New Jersey , USA
Branch Automobiles

Chelsea Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles from New Jersey .

Company history

The company was founded in Newark in 1914 . Automobile production began in the spring of the same year. The brand name was Chelsea . Plans totaled 500 vehicles annually. In September 1914 a vehicle was registered for a race. Production ended in 1914.

There was no connection to the Welch Motor Car Company of Michigan , originally as Chelsea Manufacturing Company was founded.

vehicles

The only model was called a cyclecar , although it did not meet the criteria. A water-cooled four - cylinder engine with 12 HP power drove the rear axle via an ordinary gearbox and a cardan shaft . The chassis had a wheelbase of 259 cm and a track width of 142 cm . A roadster in the shape of a torpedo offered space for two people side by side.

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. 282 (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. 268. (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. 282 (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. 268. (English)