Culver Manufacturing Company

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Culver Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1915
resolution 1917
Seat Culver City , California , USA
Branch Automobiles

Culver Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Harry C. Culver, William A. Faris, George E. McHugh, Charles Shillito and George Summerville founded the company in August 1915. The seat was in Culver City , California . Automobile production began in 1916 or 1917. The brand name was Culver . Production ended in 1917. In 1917 five vehicles from this manufacturer were registered in California alone.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. A self-made single-cylinder engine with 4 HP power drove the vehicles. The chassis had a wheelbase of 168 cm . The structure was mostly a runabout or a roadster , occasionally also an open single-seater. The original price was 225 US dollars .

These vehicles were intended for adolescents. However, they could also be driven by adults.

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. 402 (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. 357. (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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. 402 (English).
  2. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 357. (English)