Chicago Motocycle Company

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Chicago Motocycle Company
legal form Company
founding 1898
resolution after 1905
Seat Chicago , Illinois , USA
Branch Automobiles

Chicago Motocycle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Charles Dickinson (also spelled Dickenson), LF Douglass (also spelled Douglas) and Henry B. Babson founded the company in late 1898. The seat was in Chicago , Illinois . The production of automobiles with gasoline engines , electric motors and steam engines was announced, but initially not implemented. Until 1902 the company was only active as a workshop. Then automobiles came into being. The brand name was initially Chicago , from 1903 to 1904 Caloric and 1905 Fostler . In August 1904 it merged with the Auto Motor Cycle Company . Vehicle production ended in 1905. Instead, boat engines were created. The company still existed as a workshop for some time.

vehicles

Brand name Chicago

A two-cylinder engine powered the only model. One illustration shows an open two-seater with a convertible top.

Brand name Caloric

The range comprised three models. Two of them had a two-cylinder engine that delivered either 4.5 hp or 6.5 hp. The chassis had a wheelbase of 168 cm . The vehicles were bodied as a runabout . There was also a coupe with a three-cylinder engine that made 9 hp.

Brand name Fostler

The model was presented at the Chicago Automobile Show in January 1905 . This was a common runabout. A single-cylinder engine was mounted in the front of the vehicle and drove the rear axle via a two-speed planetary gear and a chain. One source sees the possibility that the brand name was chosen by the client.

Model overview

year brand model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1902 Chicago 2 Two-seater
1903-1904 Caloric 4 ½ HP 2 4.5 168 Runabout
1903-1904 Caloric 6 ½ HP 2 6.5 168 Runabout
1903-1904 Caloric 9 HP 3 9 Coupe
1905 Fostler 1 Runabout

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. 248, p. 304 and p. 602 (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. 240, p. 282 and p. 585. (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. 248, p. 304 and p. 602 (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. 240, p. 282 and p. 585. (English)