Clark Manufacturing Company

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Clark Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1897
resolution 1903
Seat Moline , Illinois , USA
management William E. Clark
Branch Automobiles

Clark Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

William E. Clark dealt with the development of automobiles from 1897. His company was based in Moline , Illinois . Series production was announced in 1901. In 1902 it was announced that the brand name would be Blackhawk . Production only began in 1903. Production ended in the same year. A total of fifty vehicles were built.

Clark later became involved in the Deere-Clark Motor Car Company .

vehicles

Brand name Clark

The prototype from 1897 had an air-cooled single cylinder engine .

A second vehicle was built in 1901. Its engine developed 4 hp . A Doctor Ludwig from Rock Island bought the vehicle.

Brand name Blackhawk

In the series version, this model was bodied as a runabout . A Phaeton with a two-cylinder engine was also on offer. The chassis of both models was the same. The motors were mounted in the rear and drove the rear axle via a planetary gear .

Overview of car brands from the US, the Clark include

brand Manufacturer Marketing start End of marketing Location, state
Clark Clark Manufacturing Company 1897 1901 Moline, Illinois
Clark Edward S. Clark Steam Automobiles 1900 1909 Boston, Massachusetts
Clark AF Clark & ​​Company 1903 1905 Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Clark Clark Motor Car Company 1910 1912 Shelbyville, Indiana
Clark Furgason Motor Company 1910 1911 Lansing, Michigan
Clark Electric Toledo Electric Vehicle Company 1909 1910 Toledo, Ohio
Clark Electric Brunn Carriage Manufacturing Company 1910 1910 Buffalo, New York
Clark-Hatfield Clark-Hatfield Automobile Company 1908 1909 Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Clark-Norwalk Norwalk Motor Car Company 1910 1910 Norwalk, Ohio
Clarkmobile Clarkmobile Company 1903 1904 Lansing, Michigan

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. 130 and p. 336 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 168 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 130 and p. 336 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 168 (English).
  3. ↑ Karla A. Rosenbusch: Automobile Quarterly Volume 33, Issue 3.