Detroit Air Cooled Car Company

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Detroit Air Cooled Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1922
resolution 1923
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
management WJ Doughty
Branch Automobiles

Detroit Air Cooled Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Another source uses the spelling Detroit Air-Cooled Car Company , i.e. with a hyphen.

Company history

The company was founded in Detroit , Michigan in the spring of 1922 . WJ Doughty, GR Tremolada, CH Bennett, August Gieseler, Frank Sanders and John McArthur were involved. In February 1922, a prototype stood at the Detroit Automobile Show . The brand name was DAC . Plans totaled 10,000 vehicles in the first year. However, a plant was only opened in October 1922. In April 1923, another plant was moved in Wayne . Production ended in 1923.

22 vehicles were built in 1922 and 150 in 1923. That makes 172 vehicles in total.

vehicles

The vehicles had a six-cylinder engine with 32 hp . The air cooling was unusual . The chassis had a 292 cm wheelbase . Open and closed structures were available. The touring car had space for five people. There was also a four-seat coupé and a five-seat sedan .

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. 411 (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. 365. (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Detroit Jewish Chronicle, September 29, 1922 (accessed December 16, 2017)
  2. ↑ Patent from March 27, 1922 (English, accessed December 16, 2017)
  3. ↑ 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. 411 (English).
  4. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 365. (English)