Conover Motor Car Company

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Conover Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1907
resolution 1912
Seat Paterson , New Jersey , USA
management Edwin K. Conover
Branch Automobiles

Conover Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Edwin K. Conover founded the company in Paterson , New Jersey , in 1907 . In the same year he developed a vehicle. The production took place as commissioned work at the Watson Machine Company in the same location. The brand name was Conover . Production ended in 1912. A total of around 25 vehicles were built. The production was not cost-covering.

Edwin K. Conover held at least three patents .

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. The four cylinder engine was purchased from the Rutenber Motor Company . It had 114.3 mm bore , 127 mm stroke , 5212 cc displacement and was specified with 35/40 hp . The cardan drive was common . The chassis had a wheelbase of 246 cm and a track width of 142 cm . As a two-seater runabout , the vehicle weighed 1043 kg. For a body as a five-seat touring car , the curb weight was specified as 1089 kg.

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. 370 (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. 330. (English)

Web links

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. 370 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 330. (English)
  3. ↑ Patent dated February 2, 1907 , patent dated April 16, 1907 and patent dated June 18, 1908 , (English, accessed November 25, 2017)
  4. ↑ a b c Carfolio for the Roadster (accessed November 25, 2017)
  5. ↑ Carfolio for touring cars (accessed November 25, 2017)