Cleveland three-wheeler

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Cleveland Three-Wheeler was an American automobile brand.

Brand history

Henry Abram Lozier made bicycles at his Lozier Manufacturing Company in Toledo , Ohio . In 1898 his employees George R. Burwell and John G. Perrin developed a motor tricycle . The production of 100 vehicles was planned. However, the vehicle no longer went into series production at Lozier.

The American Bicycle Company from Cleveland , Ohio bought his company and the design from Lozier in 1900. The tricycle was marketed as the Cleveland Three-Wheeler . Production ended in 1901. A total of around 100 vehicles.

vehicles

The only model was a tricycle with a front single wheel. A single-cylinder engine of De Dion-Bouton drove to the rear axle.

Overview of car brands from the US, the Cleveland include

brand Manufacturer Marketing start End of marketing Location, state
Cleveland Sperry Engineering Company 1898 1900 Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland General Automobile & Manufacturing Company 1902 1902 Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Cleveland Automobile Company (from 1902) 1902 1904 Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Cleveland Motor Car Company 1905 1909 New York City, New York
Cleveland Cleveland Electric Vehicle Company 1909 1910 Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Cleveland Cyclecar Company 1914 1914 Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Cleveland Automobile Company (from 1919) 1919 1926 Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland three-wheeler American Bicycle Company 1900 1901 Cleveland, Ohio

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. 343 (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. 343 (English).