Comet (make of car)

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Comet was an American automobile brand built between 1946 and 1948 by the General Developing Company in Ridgewood, New York .

The Comet was an open roadster with three wheels, two seats and a large trunk with a high hood. The two rear wheels were driven by an air-cooled single cylinder engine which was installed under the trunk and developed 4½ bhp (3.3 kW) of power. The chassis consisted of steel tubes; the wheels had wire spokes and the structure was made of plastic. The whole vehicle was 2,896 mm long and weighed only 79 kg. The retail price was US $ 500 for the fully assembled car and US $ 350 for the kit.

source

  • John Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publications Inc., Iola, Wisconsin 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X .
  • 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. 327. (English)