Crescent Automobile & Supply Company

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Crescent Automobile & Supply Company
legal form Company
founding 1905
resolution 1905
Seat St. Louis , Missouri , USA
management OH Van Kleck
Branch Automobiles

Crescent Automobile & Supply Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

OH Van Kleck founded the company in the early summer of 1905. The company was based in St. Louis , Missouri . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Crescent . Production ended in 1905. In total, only a few vehicles were built.

There was no association with the other manufacturers of Crescent brand vehicles: Crescent Motor Car Company and Crescent Motor Company .

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a two-cylinder engine . Two superstructures were available. The roadster had a wheelbase of 244 cm . A slightly longer chassis with a 254 cm wheelbase formed the basis for a 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. 389 (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. 346. (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. 389 (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. 346. (English)