Detroit Auto Vehicle Company

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Detroit Auto Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1904
resolution 1907
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
management FH Blackman
Branch Automobiles

Detroit Auto Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Detroit , Michigan in 1904 . FH Blackman was President, Joseph Lowthian Hudson Vice President, HH Lind Secretary and B. Wuryburger Treasurer. They started producing automobiles in 1905. The brand name was Crown . The vehicles did not prove themselves. In 1906 Edward T. Ross was hired by Cadillac as a designer. The cars he designed were assigned to model year 1907 and were unofficially called Detroit . John North Willys accepted the entire annual production in 1907. Bankruptcy followed in October 1907 .

There were no affiliations with the Crown Motor Vehicle Company and the Crown Motor Car Company , which used the same brand name.

vehicles

From 1905 to 1906 there were three models in the range. Two of them had two-cylinder engines . In the 12 HP it made 12 HP and in the 16 HP 16 HP. The former was a runabout and the other was a light delivery truck . The wheelbase was a uniform 198 cm. The 24 HP had a four-cylinder engine with 24 HP, a chassis with a 251 cm wheelbase and an open touring car body .

For 1907 the new 22/24 HP replaced the previous models. It had a two-cylinder engine that was specified with 22/24 hp. The wheelbase was 244 cm. It was available as a runabout and touring car.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1905-1906 12 HP 2 12 198 Runabout
1905-1906 16 HP 2 16 198 Light delivery truck
1905-1906 24 HP 4th 24 251 Touring car
1907 22/24 HP 2 22/24 244 Runabout, touring car

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. 398 (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. 353. (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. 398 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 353. (English)