Duplex Motor Car Company

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Duplex Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1907
resolution 1909
Seat Chicago , Illinois , USA
Branch Automobiles

Duplex Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Chicago , Illinois in the summer of 1907 . It belonged to the Bendix Company . In 1908 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Duplex . Production ended in 1909.

vehicles

All vehicles had an air-cooled two-cylinder engine that drove the rear axle via two friction gears and two drive shafts. The rear axle also had two differentials .

In 1908 there were three highwheelers in the range. What they had in common was the wheelbase of 224 cm. No. 1 had an engine with 10 hp . He was bodied as a Stanhope . No. 2 differed only in the 15 HP engine. No. 3 was a Surrey with the more powerful engine.

In 1909 the lower-built Type B was on offer. The engine developed 20 hp. The chassis now had a 229 cm wheelbase. The structure was four seats and was a touring car - roadster called. An illustration also shows a Model A as a four-seater touring car.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1908 No. 1 2 10 224 Stanhope
1908 No. 2 2 15th 224 Stanhope
1908 No. 3 2 15th 224 Surrey
1909 Model A Touring car
1909 Type B 2 20th 229 4-seater touring car 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. 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).

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. 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).