Custer Specialty Company

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Custer Specialty Company
legal form Company
founding 1916
resolution 1965
Seat Dayton , Ohio , USA
management Gladys Custer
Branch vehicles

Custer Specialty Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles and wheelchairs.

Company history

Levitt Luzern Custer founded the company in Dayton , Ohio in 1916 . In 1920 the production of motor vehicles began. The brand name was Custer , for one model also Cootie . In 1942 production ended due to the war. Between 1953 and 1960, vehicles were built again that were now marketed as Custer . After Custer's death on August 30, 1962, his wife Gladys Custer ran the company. A fire on September 11, 1965 destroyed the plant. The company was then dissolved.

vehicles

There were five models on offer, all of which were electrically powered. The Cootie was a children's car, the Cabbie a mini-locomotive, the Chair an electric wheelchair, the Carrier a transport vehicle for use in factories and the Coupe a city car for two people.

The chair achieved the highest production figures, much to the pleasure of Lucerne Custer, who himself was disabled during the war. In second place was the cootie.

The only roadworthy product, the Coupe, was 1981 mm long and 1575 mm high. However, only a few copies were made until production was temporarily stopped in 1942.

After the Second World War , a custer did not appear again until 1953. This time it was a very simple platform truck with two seats, which was powered either by a four-stroke gasoline engine with 6 bhp (4.4 kW) or an electric motor. The petrol model cost 695 US dollars , reaching a top speed of 64 km / h. The electrically powered vehicle had a range of 32 km.

In addition, electrically powered vehicles for the disabled continued to be built.

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. 375 and p. 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)
  • John Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publications, Iola 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X . (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 375 and p. 408 (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. 360. (English)
  3. ↑ a b c Custer (1916–1965) On: www.autopasion18.com (Spanish)