Duquesne Motor Car Company

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Duquesne Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1912
resolution 1913
Seat Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA
Branch Automobiles

Duquesne Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania in 1912 . The predecessor is the Pittsburgh Cage & Supply Company . Oscar J. Howick was the designer and Frank H. Morse was the chief engineer. The production of automobiles ran from July 1912 to 1913. The brand name was Duquesne . The sales figures remained low.

There was no connection with the Duquesne Construction Company , which was active a few years earlier.

vehicles

The Four was in the range from 1912 to 1913. It had a four-cylinder engine from the Wisconsin Motor Manufacturing Company that developed 50 horsepower . The chassis had a wheelbase of 315 cm . The open touring car offered space for five people.

In 1913 the Six added to the offer. It had a six-cylinder engine with almost 8000 cm³ displacement and also 50 hp. The wheelbase was 338 cm. The only body shape was a seven-seater touring car.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1912 Four 4th 50 315 5-seater touring car
1913 Four 4th 50 315 5-seater touring car
1913 Six 6th 50 338 7-seater touring car

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. 503 (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. 468 (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. 503 (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. 468 (English).