Cyclomobile Manufacturing Company
Cyclomobile Manufacturing Company | |
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legal form | Company |
founding | 1920 |
resolution | 1922 |
Seat | Toledo , Ohio , USA |
management | Charles D. Hamel |
Branch | Automobiles |
Cyclomobile Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
Charles D. Hamel founded the company in Toledo , Ohio in 1920 . He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Cyclomobile . Production ended in 1921. 206 vehicles were built in the first year and 181 in the second year.
Manexall was a second brand of the company from 1920. This was the short form of Manufacturers '& Exporters' Alliance, Inc. of New York City , the distribution company of Cyclomobile.
In February 1922 there was a collaboration with Automotive Corporation from Toledo.
vehicles
The vehicles were constructed similarly to cyclecars , although their boom in the USA was over as early as 1914. An air-cooled V2 motor from the Spacke Machine & Tool Company with 13 HP power drove the rear axle via a friction gear and a chain. The petrol tank attached to the front of the vehicle looked like a radiator grille .
The first version was a single seater. It was 91 cm wide .
A two-seater with 112 cm track width followed. There were also light delivery vans on this chassis .
The vehicles of the Manexall brand had a longer wheelbase .
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. 410 and p. 919 (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. 361. (English)
- George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 946. (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 410 and p. 919 (English).
- ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 361 and p. 946. (English)