Diebel-Cox Manufacturing Company

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Diebel-Cox Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1901
resolution 1901
Seat Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
management William Diebel
Branch Automobiles

Diebel-Cox Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

prehistory

William Diebel had gained experience in vehicle construction in 1899 as the owner of the Fairmount Cycle Company in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . He then moved to Mount Holly Township in New Jersey to manufacture motors and drives with a Mr. Eppler. In late 1900 they both moved back to Philadelphia. Now the name Diebel-Eppler Manufacturing Company has been handed down.

Company history

Diebel founded the vehicle production company in Philadelphia in 1901. Cox was his partner. It is unclear whether Eppler was still employed. They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Diebel . Production ended in the same year. One source suspects management problems as the cause.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. An air-cooled two-cylinder engine with 7 hp propelled the vehicles. The open body of the runabout offered space for two people. The original price was 650 dollars , which is a source considers to be low.

These vehicles are listed in a directory of high-wheeler cars . But a picture does not show one; the Diebel 7 HP was equipped with small wire spoke wheels and rubber tires. The small motor buggy has a double chassis. The lower one consists of a central tube arranged lengthways. The unsprung axles and probably also the engine are attached to it in the middle. It carries a combination of transversely arranged half and full elliptical feathers at the front and back . They carry the second, upper frame on which the body sits. A similar construction can already be found on the much older, innovative Buffum Four Cylinder Stanhope from 1895 and, in a simplified form, on the optically similar Silent Northern . The air cooling of the self-constructed engine is interesting. Rotatable rings with arms arranged in a star shape are embedded in the engine block.

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. 454 (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. 436 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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. 454 (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. 436 (English).
  3. ↑ 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 , p. 1594 (English).