Dalton Motor Car Company

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Dalton Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1911
resolution 1912
Seat Flint , Michigan , USA
management Hubert K. Dalton
Branch Automobiles

Dalton Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Hubert K. Dalton (1866–1952) had experience in automobile construction with the Whiting Motor Car Company . He started his own business in Flint , Michigan in August 1911 . The aim was to produce vehicles that were marketed under his own name, Dalton . Production ended in 1912. A total of three vehicles were built.

Dalton later founded Dalton Manufacturing Co. in New York City .

vehicles

The vehicles were similar to Whiting's models. A four-cylinder engine with an L-head powered the vehicles. It made 20 hp from a displacement of 2868 cm³ . The chassis had a wheelbase of 269 ​​cm . The setup was a two-seat runabout . The original price was 900 US dollars .

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. 413 (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. 383. (English)

Web links

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. 413 (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. 383. (English)
  3. ↑ Rodney G. Dalton: Daltons in the News - 1198 to 2002 item 44. (English, accessed on December 16, 2017)