Egan Motor Body Works
Egan Motor Body Works was an Australian manufacturer of bodywork and automobiles .
Company history
The Geelong company had been manufacturing car bodies since 1916. One customer was the Ford Motor Company of Australia . By 1930 alone, around 8,000 bodies were built. In 1935 the production of automobiles began. In the same year many orders were received at the Melbourne Motor Show . The brand name was Egan . Their production ended the following year. A total of two vehicles were built.
vehicles
The basis was a stable chassis . The vehicles were powered by a six-cylinder Lycoming engine with 80 hp . The axles were from Columbia and the brakes from Bendix . The three-speed transmission was synchronized . The four-door sedan was aerodynamically shaped and resembled the Chrysler Airflow .
literature
- 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. 485. (English)
- Tony Davis: Aussie Cars. A Pedr Davis Production . Marque Publishing Company, Hurstville 1987, ISBN 0-947079-01-7 , pp. 61 (English).
Web links
- Allcarindex (accessed November 15, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 485. (English)
- ↑ a b c d Tony Davis: Aussie Cars. A Pedr Davis Production . Marque Publishing Company, Hurstville 1987, ISBN 0-947079-01-7 , pp. 61 (English).