Dayton Cyclecar

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The Dayton Cyclecar Company was an American automobile manufacturer .

description

The company was based in Joliet, Illinois . In 1914 vehicles were built there under the name Dayton . The company was founded by William O. Dayton , who had built automobiles under the name Reliable Dayton in Chicago from 1906–1909 .

vehicles

Although the vehicles were referred to as cycle cars, they did not meet the criteria because the displacement was above the limit of 1100 cm³. The Dayton had a frame made of hickory wood on which a roadster body with two seats one behind the other (tandem arrangement) or a roadster body with two seats next to one another was built. The car was powered by a four-cylinder in-line engine from Spacke with 18 bhp (13.2 kW) output, the power of which was transmitted to the rear axle via a friction roller drive and belt.

The car was hailed in Joliet and in Motor Age magazine as the ultimate in a cycle car - light and cheap, but very efficient. One example covered the route from Chicago to Joliet in 1 hour 35 minutes. back and reached a top speed of approx. 100 km / h. However, the actual demand for the US $ 375.00 car does not seem to have been great, because production was stopped again in November 1914.

Models

model Construction period cylinder power wheelbase Superstructures
Cyclecar 1914 4 row 18 bhp (13.2 kW) 2667 mm Roadster 2 seats (conventional or tandem)

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. 421 (English).