Comet cyclecar

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Comet Cyclecar Company
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founding 1914
resolution 1914
Seat Indianapolis , Indiana , USA
Branch Automobiles

Comet Model A (1914)

Comet Cyclecar Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Indianapolis , Indiana in 1914 . The company was owned by the brothers EH and St. Clair Parry . The company was originally supposed to be called Economic Cyclecar Company , but when the founders discovered that a company with the same name already existed on the east coast of the United States, the name Comet was quickly chosen. In the same year the company manufactured more than 25 vehicles. The brand name was Comet .

vehicles

The only model is called a cyclecar , although it does not meet the criteria. It was a tandem seat with two seats in a row. An air-cooled V2 engine from the Spacke Machine & Tool Company powered the vehicles. It had 88.9 mm bore , 93.2 mm stroke , 1156 cm³ displacement and 9 hp . It drove the rear axle via belts. The front wheels had steering fenders that were attached to the wheel carriers like motorcycles. The cars had a wheelbase of 2540 mm and a track width of 914 mm. The curb weight was given as 318 kg.

At the beginning of 1914, 25 pre-series copies were made before large-scale production should start. It seems, however, that overall not much more than these pre-series copies were built.

Models

model Construction period cylinder power wheelbase Superstructures
A. 1914 2 V 10 bhp (7.4 kW) 2540 mm Roadster 2 seats

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. 365 (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 , pp. 326-327. (English)

Web links

Commons : Comet Cyclecar  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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. 365 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 326-327. (English)