Earl Motor Car Company

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Earl Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1907
resolution 1908
Seat Kenosha , Wisconsin , USA
Branch Automobiles

Earl Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Kenosha , Wisconsin , in the summer of 1907 . According to their own statements, the owners began developing vehicles in Milwaukee as early as 1904 and put a vehicle on the road in 1905. But it wasn't until 1907 in Kenosha that the production and marketing of automobiles under the brand name Earl began . Production ended in 1908. The Petrel Motor Car Company took over the factory.

There was no association with the Earl Motor Manufacturing Company , which years later used the same brand name.

vehicles

In 1907 there was only the 15 HP . The two-cylinder engine with 15 hp powered the rear axle via a friction gear and a chain. The chassis had a wheelbase of 254 cm . The structure as a roadster offered space for two people.

In 1908 it became the 18 HP . The engine output had been increased to 18 hp. The wheelbase remained unchanged. The roadster was nicknamed the Tiger . There was also the 20 HP . It had a four-cylinder engine with 22 hp. The wheelbase was 269 cm. The vehicle was available as a roadster with a jump seat and as a four-seater touring car .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1907 15 HP 2 15th 254 Roadster 2-seater
1908 18 HP 2 18th 254 Tiger Roadster 2-seater
1908 22 HP 4th 22nd 269 Rumble-Seat Roadster, 4-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. 513 (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. 479 (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. 513 (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. 479 (English).