Dixie Manufacturing Company

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Dixie Fiscal Company
Dixie Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1916
resolution 1916
Seat Vincennes , Indiana , USA
management Mac Price
Branch Automobiles

Dixie Manufacturing Company , initially Dixie Fiscal Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Vincennes , Indiana in 1916 . Mac Pride ran it. In the same year, the production of automobiles began, which were marketed as Dixie . Production ended in 1916.

There was no association with the Southern Motor Car Company , which previously used the same brand name.

vehicles

Once in America, the boom in cyclecars was over, this company, small cars trying to offer for the price of a cyclecars. A four-cylinder engine with 13 hp propelled the vehicles. The chassis had a wheelbase of 274 cm .

The Model 36 was 91 cm (36 inches ) wide . The open roadster offered space for two people.

The Model 56 had with 142 cm (56 inch) gauge on the usual level of American vehicles. The vehicle was available as a two-seat roadster and a four-seat touring car .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1916 Model 36 4th 13 274 Roadster 2-seater
1916 Model 56 4th 13 274 4-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster

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. 456 (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. 440 (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. 456 (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. 440 (English).