Crane & Breed Manufacturing Company

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Crane & Breed Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1850
resolution 1924
Seat Cincinnati , Ohio , USA
Branch vehicles

Crane & Breed Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

The Cincinnati , Ohio company has been making carriages since 1850 . In 1902 there were experiments with an electric car . From 1909 ambulances and hearses with gasoline engines were built . Passenger cars were added in 1912 . The brand name was Crane & Breed . In the same year, the production of complete vehicles ended. Until the company was dissolved in 1924, only superstructures were built.

vehicles

The electric car was a runabout . It didn't go into production.

The ambulance and hearse had a six-cylinder engine with 48 hp .

The cars of 1912 used the same engine. The chassis had a 386 cm wheelbase . Eight different structures were available. These were touring cars , roadsters , toy tonneau , torpedo , coupé , limousine , town car and landaulet limousine .

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. 386 (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. 345. (English)

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. 386 (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. 345. (English)