Davis Car Company

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Davis Car Company
legal form Inc.
founding 1921 or earlier
resolution 1922
Seat Seattle , Washington , USA
management JM Finley
Branch Automobiles

Davis Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

LW Davis planned to start producing automobiles as early as 1917. There was also the Davis Car Company in Seattle , Washington State . It is not known exactly when the company was founded. President was JM Finley and Vice President Harry T. Hanover, who also ran Apex Motor Corporation . In October 1921 it was announced that automobile production would begin soon. It started in 1921. The brand name was Totem . Production ended in 1922. A total of at least ten vehicles were built, with references to 60 vehicles.

vehicles

The vehicles had a four-cylinder engine of Herschell-Spillman . It made 38 hp . The power transmission with a friction gear was unusual . The chassis had a 297 cm wheelbase . The open touring car offered space for five people. The original price was 1695 US dollars .

Light delivery vans were at least planned.

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. 1474 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1598 (English).

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. 1474 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1598 (English).