Cricket Cyclecar Company

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Cricket Cyclecar Company
legal form Company
founding 1913
resolution 1914
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
Branch Automobiles

Cricket Cyclecar Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Englishman Anthony New had already built a vehicle in London in August 1912 . In 1913 a company was founded in Detroit , Michigan , to produce the US version of the vehicle. The brand name was cricket . Donors were OC Hutchinson and Tracy Lyon. It is unclear whether Anthony New was involved. The first vehicle was on the road on November 15, 1913. Production ended at the end of 1914. Hutchinson and Lyon sold the company to motorcycle manufacturer Motor Products Company , which previously supplied the engines.

vehicles

The only model was a cycle car . The V2 engine had 82.55 mm bore , 91.44 mm stroke , 979 cm³ displacement and developed 9 hp . It was mounted on the outside of the vehicle. The chassis had a wheelbase of 213 cm . The curb weight was given as 231 kg. The open body offered space for two people. The original price was 325 US dollars . By comparison, the Ford Model T cost $ 500 as a two-seater runabout .

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. 391 (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. 347. (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. 391 (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. 347. (English)