Comet Motors

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The Comet Motor Inc. was an American automobile manufacturer from 1954 to 1962 in Sacramento (California) was established. The company was founded by Howard Saxon .

Initially, tiny monoposto racing cars were built. There was also an open two-seater with street legal approval. A motor with 6 bhp (4.4 kW) served as drive. Thirty of the two-seater Comet were made in nine years.

literature

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