Colonial Automobile Company (Massachusetts)

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Colonial Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1899
resolution 1901
Seat Boston , Massachusetts , USA
management George N. March
Branch Automobiles

Colonial Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles from Massachusetts .

Company history

George N. March founded the company in Boston in late 1899 . He brought a model into series production that AW Kent had designed. The brand name was Kent's Pacemaker . In September 1901 the company was dissolved. Production remained low.

vehicles

The only model was a steam car . A steam engine drove the middle rear wheel. The single front wheel was steered. There were also two outer rear wheels for stability. They were about the same size as the drive wheel and could be folded in while driving. The body was an open runabout with a hood. The vehicle can be referred to as a single-track car.

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. 802 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 819 (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. 802 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 819 (English).