Chief Manufacturing Company

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Chief Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1908
resolution 1908
Seat Buffalo , New York , USA
Branch Automobiles

Chief Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1908 in Buffalo , New York , United States . The production of automobiles began, which were marketed as Chief . Production ended in the same year.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It was a small runabout with two seats. The chassis had a wheelbase of 213 cm . The vehicles had a two-cylinder two - stroke engine that was air-cooled . It made 10/12 hp . The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a friction gear and a chain. The steering wheel was on the right . The original price was 600 US dollars . This corresponded to the higher-powered Ford Model N .

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. 305 (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. 282. (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. 305 (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. 282. (English)