Cyclone Motors Corporation

Cyclone Motors Corporation
legal form	Corporation
founding	1920
resolution	1922
Reason for dissolution	insolvency
Seat	Greenville , South Carolina , USA
management	CG Eidson
Branch	Automobiles

Cyclone Motors Corporation was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Greenville , South Carolina in 1920 . CG Eidson was the president. In 1921, the production of passenger cars and commercial vehicles began . The brand name was WBC for cars and Cyclone for trucks. Production ended in 1922 when the company went bankrupt .

vehicles

Apart from the brand name, no information is available on the commercial vehicles.

The cars were taxis . The brand name WBC stood for Well Built Cab . The Black and White Cab Company of New York City was a wholesale customer and praised the vehicles. The chassis came from Ford and was extended by 38 cm. The original price was 1,600 US dollars . The running cost of the vehicles should only be 2 cents per mile .

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. 1524 (English).

Individual evidence

↑ ^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. 410 and p. 1524 (English).

[Kimes-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. 410 and p. 1524 (English).