Essex Motor Car Company

Essex Motor Car Company
legal form	Company
founding	1905
resolution	1906
Seat	Boston , Massachusetts , USA
Branch	Automobiles

Essex Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Frank D. Branan, Lawrence W. Cushman, and Arthur Hovering founded the company in Boston , Massachusetts in the spring of 1905 . In 1906 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Essex . There was a collaboration with SR Bailey & Company . Production ended in the same year. In total, only a few vehicles were built.

There was no connection with the Essex Automobile Company and Essex (car brand) .

vehicles

The only model was a steam car . It had a four- cylinder steam engine . The engine output was specified as 15/20 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 272 cm . The only body shape was a five-seater tonneau with side entry. The original price was 3,000 US dollars .

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. 541 (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. 507 (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. 541 (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. 507 (English).