Darby Motor Car Company

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Darby Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1909
resolution 1910
Seat St. Louis , Missouri , USA
Branch Automobiles

Darby Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1909 in St. Louis , Missouri . CT Darby was the designer and namesake, while Harvey D. Dunham and Allen Whittemore were the funders. They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Darby . The first two vehicles were presented at the Coliseum exhibition in St. Louis from February 15 to 20, 1909 . Production ended in 1910. In total, only a few vehicles were built. One source says the competition from the Ford Model T was too great.

vehicles

Only Model 20 was in the range . A two-cylinder two - stroke engine with 16 HP power drove the rear axle via a friction gear and chain. The chassis had a wheelbase of 254 cm . There was a choice of a three-seater roadster and a four-seater Surrey .

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. 415 (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)

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. 415 (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. 383. (English)