Dunn Motor Works

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Dunn Motor Works
legal form
founding 1900
resolution 1927
Seat Ogdensburg , New York , USA
management Walter E. Dunn
Branch Engines , automobiles

Dunn Motor Works was an American manufacturer of engines and automobiles .

Company history

Walter E. Dunn founded the company in 1900 with headquarters in Ogdensburg in the US state of New York . Mainly he manufactured boat engines. In 1916 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Dunn . The sales figures remained low. Vehicle production ended in 1918. Dunn died in 1927. After that, the company was dissolved.

A total of around 15 to 20 vehicles and thousands of engines were built.

vehicles

The only model is called a cyclecar , although it does not meet the criteria. At that time, the boom in cycle cars in the USA was over. The self-made air-cooled V4 engine developed 15 hp . It had 76.2 mm bore , 101.6 mm stroke and 1853 cc displacement . It drove the rear axle via a two-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft . The chassis had a wheelbase of 213 cm . The open body in the form of a roadster offered space for two people. The original price was 295 dollars , which is a source considers to be phenomenally low.

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. 500 (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. 466 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 500 (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. 466 (English).
  3. ^ Dunn Motor Works (accessed January 6, 2018)
  4. ^ A b John Peach: Ogdensburg's Own Automobile vom February 13, 2012 (English, accessed January 6, 2018)
  5. ↑ Vehicle data (English, accessed on January 6, 2018)