Chicagoan

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Chicagoan was an American automobile brand that was owned by Triplex Industries Ltd. from 1952 to 1954 . was built in Blue Island , Illinois .

Chicagoan

The two-seater convertible was based on the Willys Aero Lark and had a body made of GRP . The Chicagoan was available as a complete vehicle for $ 2,500 or as a kit for $ 1,500. From the donor vehicle, he took over the six-cylinder in-line engine with a displacement of 2638 cm³, which delivered 75 bhp (55 kW) at 4000 min −1 . Instead, contemporary V8 engines were also available upon request. In three years 15 Chicagoans were made.

Triplex

In 1954 the company was renamed Ketcham's Automotive Corporation and moved to Chicago, Illinois . The car was no longer called Chicagoan, but was offered as a Triplex Lightning . While the price of the finished vehicle remained the same, the kit now cost $ 2,000. Instead of the Willys engines, V8 engines from Ford were used as standard . The triplex could be bought until 1955.

literature

  • John Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publications, Iola 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X . (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. 1611. (English)

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