EP Robson Manufacturing Company

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EP Robson Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1908
resolution 1909
Seat Galesburg , Illinois , USA
management Percy Robson
Branch Automobiles

EP Robson Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Percy Robson was involved in Western Tool Works , which manufactured Gale vehicles between 1905 and 1907 . A year after its dissolution, he founded his own company. One source presents it as a reorganization. The seat was also in Galesburg , Indiana . He began producing automobiles in 1909. The brand name was Robson . Existing parts were mostly used up. Production ended in 1909.

Robson also operated the Robson Manufacturing Company as a mechanical workshop.

vehicles

The vehicles were based on the Gale models.

The Model C had a single cylinder engine with 127 mm bore , 152.4 mm stroke and 1930 cc displacement . The engine was specified with 8/10 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 185 cm . The setup was a runabout with two seats.

Above that were two models with a two-cylinder engine . A 139.7 mm bore and 139.7 mm stroke resulted in a displacement of 4282 cm³ and a power output of 30/32 hp. The wheelbase was 241 cm. Model GS was a two-seat runabout and Model K-09 was a five-seat touring car .

At the top was the model R . There was only one prototype from Gale . The four-cylinder engine had a bore of 120.65 mm, a stroke of 127 mm and a displacement of 5808 cc . The engine output was specified as 40/45 hp. The wheelbase measured 284 cm. The vehicles were bodied as open touring cars with five seats.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1909 Model C 1 8/10 185 Runabout 2-seater
1909 Model GS 2 30/32 241 Runabout 2-seater
1909 Model K-09 2 30/32 241 5-seater touring car
1909 Model R 4th 40/45 284 5-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. 1301-1302 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1344 (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. 1301-1302 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1344 (English).