Eagle Motor Carriage Company

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Eagle Motor Carriage Company
legal form Company
founding 1908
resolution 1908
Seat Elmira , New York , USA
Branch Automobiles

Eagle Motor Carriage Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was based in Elmira , New York, United States . In 1908 it made a few automobiles that were sold as the Eagle .

vehicles

The company manufactured highwheelers . With the large wheels, the vehicles were well suited for the bad roads of the time. The two - cylinder boxer engine was air-cooled and may have come from the Brennan Motor Manufacturing Company . It drove the rear axle via a planetary gear . There is no differential . Was steered with a steering wheel. The bodies were open. One illustration shows a two-seater. The original price was 350 US dollars . That made it remarkably cheap. One source describes the vehicle as primitive.

An overview of US car brands that begin with Eagle

brand Manufacturer Marketing start End of marketing Location, state
eagle Eagle Automobile Company (New York) 1905 1905 Buffalo, New York
eagle Eagle Automobile Company (New Jersey) 1905 1907 Rahway, New Jersey
eagle Eagle Motor Carriage Company 1908 1908 Elmira, New York
eagle Eagle Automobile Company (Missouri) 1909 1909 St. Louis, Missouri
eagle Eagle-Macomber Motor Car Company 1914 1915 Chicago, Illinois
eagle Eagle Electric Automobile Company 1915 1916 Detroit, Michigan
eagle Durant Motors 1923 1924 Lansing, Michigan
eagle Eagle Manufacturing 1978 1984 Campbell, California
eagle Eagle Coach Work 1980 2001 Amherst, New York
eagle Eagle (US car brand) 1987 1998 Detroit, Michigan
Eagle Macomber Eagle-Macomber Motor Car Company 1916 1918 Sandusky, Ohio

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. 511 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 477 (English).

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. 511 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 477 (English).