Coffyn-Taylor Motor Company

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Coffyn-Taylor Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1920
resolution 1921
Seat New York City , New York , USA
management
  • Frank Coffyn
  • James B. Taylor
Branch Automobiles

Coffyn-Taylor Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Frank Coffyn and James B. Taylor founded the company in New York City in 1920 . Everett S. Cameron, who had previously gained experience with Cameron , designed the engines. They started producing automobiles in the same year. The brand name was Cotay . The vehicles were mainly intended for export . In 1920 there were some vehicles at the London Motor Show in London . 25 vehicles were exported to England . Production ended in 1921.

vehicles

The vehicles were powered by an air-cooled four-cylinder engine with an output of 18 hp . The OHV valve control was unusual . It drove the rear axle via a three-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft . The wheelbase was 267 cm. The structure was a two-seater roadster . The curb weight was given as about 408 kg.

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. 381-382 (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. 339. (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. 381-382 (English).
  2. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 339. (English)