De Vaux

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De Vaux was an American car brand. Another source writes DeVaux without a blank .

Brand history

The brand goes back to Norman de Vaux and Elbert J. Hall. In 1930 they jointly founded a company to manufacture automobiles . There are different information about the company name: De Vaux-Hall Motors Corporation , DeVaux-Hall Motor Car Corporation , DeVaux-Hall Motor Corporation and De Vaux-Hall Motors Company . The company headquarters and a plant were in Grand Rapids in the US state of Michigan . A second plant was in Oakland , California . In early 1931, the first vehicles were shown at the New York City and Chicago auto showspresents. Series production began in April 1931. 4808 cars were sold in the 1931 calendar year.

In January 1932, the owners sold the company to the engine manufacturer Continental Motors Corporation . Possibly the company name changed to Continental-De Vaux Company . The brand name officially remained De Vaux . Occasionally the vehicles were also called De Vaux Continental or Continental De Vaux . The latter name, without the hyphen, mind you, which also appears in an advertisement for the 1932 model year, is an indication that it was a De Vaux from Continental .

The successor company was the Continental Automobile Company at the end of 1932 .

vehicles

The vehicles were based on the 1930s Durant Motors automobiles . The bodies came from Hayes in Grand Rapids. All models had side-controlled six - cylinder engines . The 6/70 model was manufactured in-house and the 6/80 came from the Continental Motors Company .

Two coupés and two sedans , as well as a Phaeton , were offered at a price of 595 to 795 US dollars .

Models

model Construction period cylinder engine power wheelbase Superstructures
6/70 4.1931-1.1932 6 row Hall-Scott 70 bhp (51 kW) 2870 mm Coupé 2 doors, sedan 4 doors, Phaeton 4 doors
6/80 1.1932-10.1932 6 row Continental 80 bhp (59 kW) 2870 mm Cabriolet 2 doors, Coupé 2 doors, Sedan 4 doors

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. 450-451 (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 , pp. 331 and 431. (English)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e 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. 450-451 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 431. (English)
  3. ↑ The County Review, July 30, 1931. (accessed November 25, 2017)
  4. ↑ Advertisement , advertisement (English, accessed on November 25, 2017)
  5. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 331. (English)
  6. ↑ DeVaux Motors Company Radiator Emblem (accessed November 25, 2017)
  7. ↑ De Vaux 1932 (English, accessed November 25, 2017)