Crossland Pfaff Engineering Laboratories

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Crossland Pfaff Engineering Laboratories
legal form
founding 1919
resolution 1923
Seat Chicago , Illinois , USA
management Harry Crossland Pfaff
Branch Automobiles

Crossland Pfaff Engineering Laboratories was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Another source uses the name Crossland Steam Motive Corporation .

Company history

Harry Crossland Pfaff founded the company in Chicago , Illinois in 1919 . He started developing steam cars . The first public presentation took place in January 1923. The brand name was Crossland , possibly with the addition of Steam Car . Production ended in the same year. A total of four vehicles were built.

vehicles

A steam engine with two cylinders propelled the vehicles. The operation of the vehicle should be as simple as possible. The engine was started at the push of a button. The storage containers were designed to be very large. Thus, the petroleum tank for 800 kilometers and the water tank for 1280 km should reach sufficient. The chassis had a 318 cm wheelbase . The body of the five-seat touring car was made of aluminum . A brochure shows other superstructures, although it is unclear whether they were actually built. The new price of the touring car was US dollars in 1985 . During the development period, a retail price of $ 3,600 had been envisaged.

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. 393 (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. 348. (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 348. (English)
  2. ↑ a b The Crossland Steam Car (PDF; English, accessed December 9, 2017)
  3. ↑ 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. 393 (English).