Croxton-Keeton Motor Company

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Croxton-Keeton Taxi of the Walden W Shaw Auto Livery Co. in Chicago (1910)

The Croxton-Keeton Motor Company , later Croxton Motor Company , was an American automobile manufacturer. It emerged from the Jewel Motor Car Company in Massillon (Ohio) , which was taken over in 1909 by Herbert A. Croxton and Forest M. Keeton .

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Croxton, who came from the iron and steel industry, had already joined Jewel in 1907 and renamed the company in 1909. Keeton was from Detroit and previously worked for Pope-Toledo . He seems to have been the designer of the vehicles. At first they manufactured two types of cars: the previous Jewel models with Rutenber engines were called German - that is, "German models" - and the newly designed cars in which the passengers sat exactly in the middle between the two axles were called French - So "French models" - and had a curved hood similar to the early Renault cars. As with these, the water cooler was arranged behind the engine and protruded to the side. A taxi on a shorter chassis and landaulet body was also available. At least the latter was made by the Acme Veneer and Body Company in. of Rahway ( New Jersey ). None of their models sold particularly well, and in August 1910 the company went bankrupt .

Croxton accused Keeton of causing the bankruptcy and broke up with him. Immediately he set up a new company called the Croxton Motor Company in Cleveland, Ohio, and took over the models of the old company that had been built during the bankruptcy proceedings. In 1911 this company merged with the Royal Tourist Car Company to form the Consolidated Motor Company , which was dissolved a few months later. The Croxton Motor Company was immediately rebuilt and built a new factory in Washington (Pennsylvania) . The move took place in autumn 1912, but the end came in early 1914. During the entire period from 1911 to 1914, the products of the various companies were sold as Croxton .

Models

brand model Construction period cylinder power wheelbase Superstructures
Croxton-Keeton Thirty (French) 1909-1910 4 row 28.9 bhp (21 kW) 2934 mm Touring car 4/6 seats, landaulet 6 seats
Croxton-Keeton Forty-Five (German) 1909-1910 4 row 48 bhp (35 kW) 3302 mm Roadster 3/4 seats, touring car 7 seats
Croxton-Keeton Taxi Cab (French) 1909-1910 4 row 38 bhp (28 kW) 2921 mm Landaulet Taxi 4/5 seats
Croxton Thirty (French) 1911-1912 4 row 30 bhp (22 kW) 2921-3048 mm Roadster 2 seats, touring car 4/5 seats, taxi 4/5 seats, landaulet 5 seats
Croxton Thirty-Eight (French) 1911 4 row 38 bhp (28 kW) 3048 mm Touring car 5 seats
Croxton Forty (German) 1911 4 row 40 bhp (29 kW) 3302 mm Touring car 4/7 seats
Croxton Forty-Eight (German) 1911 4 row 48 bhp (35 kW) 3302 mm Touring car 7 seats
Croxton Forty-Five (German) 1912 4 row 45 bhp (33 kW) 3302 mm Roadster 2/4 seats, touring cars 5/7 seats
Croxton French Six (French) 1912 6 row 44 bhp (32 kW) 3302 mm Landaulet 5 seats
Croxton A-4 1913-1914 4 row 30 bhp (22 kW) 3073 mm Roadster 2 seats, touring car 4/5 seats, taxi 4/5 seats
Croxton B. 1913-1914 6 row 48 bhp (35 kW) 3556 mm Touring car 6/7 seats

literature

Web links

Commons : Croxton-Keeton Vehicles  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Coachbuilt: Yellow Cab Manufacturing Company, 1919-1925.
  2. ↑ 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. 399-400 (English).