De Witt Motor Vehicle Company

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De Witt Automobile Company
De Witt Motor Vehicle Company

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founding 1908
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Seat North Manchester , Indiana , USA
management Virgil L. De Witt
Branch Automobiles

De Witt from 1909

De Witt Motor Vehicle Company , previously De Witt Automobile Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Born in Switzerland, Virgil L. De Witt gained experience in automobile construction at the WH Kiblinger Company . In 1908 he founded his own company in North Manchester , Indiana . On April 15, 1909, the first vehicle was ready. The brand name was De Witt . Other sources write DeWitt without a space. From June 1909 up to four vehicles a day were built and sales were good. A fire destroyed the plant on May 5, 1910. Then production ended.

A total of around 200 vehicles were built, one of which still exists.

vehicles

The only model was a highwheeler and was similar to the Kiblinger models. A two-cylinder engine with 13.6 hp was mounted under the seat and drove the rear axle. The chassis had a wheelbase of 198 cm . The open structure offered space for two people.

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. 451-452 (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. 432-433 (English).

Web links

Commons : De Witt Motor Vehicle Company  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry. McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0972-X , p. 90 (English).
  2. ↑ 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. 451-452 (English).
  3. ^ A b George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 432-433 (English).