Dingfelder Motor Company

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Dingfelder Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1903 or earlier
resolution 1913 or later
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
management Max Dingfelder
Branch Automobiles , engines

Dingfelder Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles and engines .

Company history

Max Dingfelder ran the Detroit , Michigan-based company . It made engines. In 1903 a number of automobiles were built that were marketed as Dingfelder . After 1913 the track of the company is lost.

Products

The only model was a small vehicle. It was powered by a self-made single-cylinder engine with 3.5 hp . The curb weight was given as 227 kg. The original price was 500 US dollars .

In 1908, various boat engines with two, four and six cylinders were presented at the Detroit Motor Boat Show .

Between 1911 and 1913 arose aircraft engines as four- , six- and eight-cylinder engines .

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. 455 (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. 438 (English).

Web links

  • Dingfelder.org With a graphic of the vehicle and a photo of the factory.

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. 455 (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. 438 (English).
  3. ↑ OE Sovereign: 1908 Detroit Motor Boat Show (English, accessed December 30, 2017)
  4. ↑ Maximotor B-4 Engine, In-line 4 Engine (accessed December 30, 2017)