Continental Motors Corporation (Buffalo)

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Continental Motors Corporation
legal form Corporation
founding 1912
resolution 1914
Seat Buffalo , New York , USA
Branch Automobiles

Continental Motors Corporation was an American manufacturer of automobiles from Buffalo . It must not be confused with Continental Motors , which from 1929 to 1969 also operated as the Continental Motors Corporation .

Company history

The company was founded on September 17, 1912 in Buffalo, New York , United States . Allen E. Choate, Reverdy L. Hurd, Gordon L. Matthews, Walter F. Schmiding and Frank V. Whyland were involved. Of these five people, only Whyland had prior experience in automotive engineering with the Whyland-Nelson Motor Car Company and FV Whyland & Company . In 1913 the production of automobiles began. One source states that 1914 differs from this. The brand name was Comet . Production ended in 1914. In total, only a few vehicles were built.

There was no affiliation with any of the other U.S. automakers with the same brand names: Hall Automobile Company , Comet Cyclecar , Comet Automobile Company , General Developing Company , Comet Co., and Comet Motors .

vehicles

The only model had a four-cylinder engine . It made 25 hp . There were two different structures to choose from. The Roadster cost 750 US dollars . A new price of $ 950 has been handed down for the touring car .

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 , p. 327. (English)

Individual evidence

  1. a b 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. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 327. (English)