Duryea Tricycle Company

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Duryea Tricycle Company
legal form Company
founding 1916
resolution 1917
Seat Reading , Pennsylvania , USA
management Charles E. Duryea
Branch Automobiles

Duryea Tricycle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Different company names are Duryea Motors Inc. and Duryea Gem Manufacturing Company .

Company history

Charles E. Duryea had manufactured Duryea vehicles for years . In 1916 he founded the company with financial help from Keyser Fry. The seat was in Reading or Philadelphia , both in Pennsylvania , depending on the source . An ad from the time also says Reading. In 1916 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Duryea Gem . Production ended in 1917. A total of six vehicles were built.

One vehicle has been preserved and is on display in the Boyertown Museum .

vehicles

The only production model was a tricycle with a single front wheel. Sometimes it is referred to as a cyclecar , although it does not meet the criteria, and sometimes as a cross between a car and a motorcycle. According to a source, the vehicles had the same engine as the last Duryea vehicles, i.e. a two-cylinder engine with a 95.25 mm bore , 95.25 mm stroke , 1357 cm³ displacement and 11 hp . Another source confirms a two-cylinder engine, but gives 15 hp. The Detroit Chassis Company made the chassis . The wheelbase was 254 cm. The roadster offered space for two people side by side. The curb weight was given as 227 kg. The original price was 250 US dollars .

A small car with four wheels remained a prototype .

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. 506-509 (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. 472 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry. McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 0-7864-0972-X , p. 97 (English).
  2. ↑ a b advertisement (English, accessed on January 6, 2018)
  3. ^ A b c d George Nick Georgano (editor-in-chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 472 (English).
  4. ↑ a b c d 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. 506-509 (English).
  5. ↑ Information from the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles from June 17, 2014 (English, accessed January 6, 2018)