Colt Manufacturing Company

The Colt Manufacturing Company was an American automobile manufacturer based in Milwaukee , Wisconsin only in 1958 . One of the three sources suggests it could also be Colt Motors Corp. from Boston , Massachusetts .

The Colt was a microcar , a coupe with two seats. The car was powered by a rear-mounted, single-cylinder four-stroke engine from Wisconsin with a capacity of 377 cc. The vehicle had a 1956 mm wheelbase, was 3,048 mm long and weighed 317 kg. In the back it showed the beginnings of tail fins .

The retail price was $ 995.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Chapter Colt (II).
• 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)
• John Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publications, Iola 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , Chapter Colt (II).
2. ↑ 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)
3. ^ ^{A b} John Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publications, Iola 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X . (English)