Cloyd Auto Company

Cloyd Auto Company
legal form	Company
founding	1911
resolution	1911
Seat	Nashville , Tennessee , USA
management	Percival C. Cloyd
Branch	Automobiles

Cloyd Auto Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Percival C. Cloyd ran an auto repair shop in Nashville , Tennessee . In 1911 he founded a separate company for the production of automobiles. The brand name was Cloyd . Production ended in the same year. In total, only a few vehicles were built.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a four-cylinder engine with 40 hp . It drove the rear axle via a three-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft . The choice was between touring car with 312 cm wheelbase and Roadster and runabout with 279 cm wheelbase. The original price was 1400 US dollars .

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. 345-346 (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. 317. (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. 345-346 (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. 317. (English)