Curtiss Motor Car Company

Curtiss Motor Car Company
legal form	Company
founding	1920
resolution	1921
Seat	Hammondsport , New York , USA
management	Glenn Curtiss
Branch	Automobiles

Curtiss Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

prehistory

Glenn Curtiss had already made a flying car in Garden City , New York , in 1917 . The engine came from his Curtiss Airplane and Motor Company . The vehicle was exhibited at the New York Pan American Aeronautic Exposition in February 1917 . It is known to be roadworthy. It is doubtful that it could fly.

Company history

In 1920 Curtiss founded a separate automobile production company. The seat was in Hammondsport in the same state. The production of automobiles began. The brand name was Curtiss . Production ended in 1921. In total, only a few vehicles were built.

vehicles

Miles Carpenter was the designer of the vehicles. He used a chassis from the Phianna Motors Company , which he redesigned. An aircraft engine of the type Curtiss OX-5 powered vehicles. Charlie Kirkham adapted the V8 engine with 100 hp for road use. A construction as a two-seater roadster with an emergency seat has been handed down. There are also drawings of 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. 407-408 (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. 360. (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. 407-408 (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. 360. (English)