Colonial Automobile Company (Indiana)

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Colonial Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1917
resolution 1917
Seat Indianapolis , Indiana , USA
Branch Automobiles

Colonial Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

DA Alig, HM McDermid and RC Fulcher founded the company in January 1917. The headquarters were initially in Detroit , Michigan and from July 1917 in Indianapolis , Indiana . The production of automobiles took place only in 1917. The brand name was Colonial . In total, only a few vehicles were built, in any case significantly fewer than 1000.

There was no affiliation with the other manufacturers of Colonial vehicles : Colonial Electric Car Company , Colonial Motors Corporation, and Colonial Carriage Company .

vehicles

The only model was called the Six . A six-cylinder engine with OHV valve control and 35 hp powered the vehicles. The chassis had a 295 cm wheelbase . Most were bodied as touring cars . The original price was 995 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. 356 (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. 324. (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. 356 (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. 324. (English)