Christie (make of car)

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Christie was an American automobile brand.

Brand history

John Walter Christie was the defining figure in this brand. He successively operated three companies in New York City that manufactured Christie vehicles. The front-wheel drive of all vehicles was unusual .

The first company was the Christie Iron Works from 1904 to 1905. This was followed by the Christie Direct Action Motor Car Company (also called Direct Action Motor Car Company ) from 1905 or 1906 to 1907. It went bankrupt . The Walter Christie Automobile Company was a re-establishment and existed from 1908 to 1910 or 1911.

vehicles

The first vehicles were racing cars . Christie used the first version in January 1904 in the Ormond-Daytona Beach race . The four-cylinder engine developed 30  hp . Later versions had more power. One vehicle had two engines with 60 hp each. The vehicle for the French round of the 1907 Grand Prix season had an engine with 19,881 cc engine capacity . According to one source, this was the largest displacement ever used in a Grand Prix race . A total of about six racing cars were built.

In the summer of 1906 a touring car was on offer. The chassis had a wheelbase of 254 cm . The engine developed 50 hp. The structure came from Healey . The original price was 6,500 US dollars .

The last project was a taxi for New York City. A four-cylinder engine with OHV valve control and 18 hp powered the vehicles. They cost $ 2,600. Three vehicles were created from this.

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. 283. (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h 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. ^ A b c d George Nick Georgano (editor-in-chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 283. (English)