Falcon Motor Corporation

Falcon Motor Corporation
legal form	Corporation
founding	1927
resolution	1929
Seat	Detroit , Michigan , USA
management	John A. Nichols
Branch	Automobiles

Falcon Knight from 1927

Falcon-Knight Model 10 from 1927

Falcon Motor Corporation was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Detroit , Michigan in 1927 . It belonged to Willys-Overland . President was John A. Nichols, who previously worked for Dodge . The plant was located in Elyria , Ohio . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Falcon-Knight . In the beginning, 60 vehicles were made every day. The 3,000th vehicle was completed on May 31, 1927. In December 1927, Nichols announced that 10,000 vehicles had been ordered during the first nine months of production. In 1927 5719 vehicles were built and in 1928 another 5322. In January 1929 only individual vehicles were assembled from existing parts. Willys-Overland then used the plant for the body shop.

vehicles

In the beginning there was the Model 10 .

The facelift led to the Model 12 . It was supposed to fill the gap in the Willys supply between the Whippet and the Willys-Knight . A six-cylinder - valve engine with 45 hp power powered vehicles. The chassis had a wheelbase of 278 cm . There was a choice of coupe with two seats, Brougham with four seats, two- and four-door sedans with five seats and a roadster called Gray Ghost .

A blue limousine from the dissolved Aalholm Automobile Collection in Denmark was auctioned for 123,200 Danish Krone in 2012 . A 1927 Touring Model 10 sold for £ 28,750 in 2013 . This vehicle has the chassis number 11400.

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. 557-558 (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. 523 (English).

Web links

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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. 557-558 (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. 523 (English).
3. ↑ ^{a b} Information on a vehicle ( memento of the original dated February 5, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English, accessed February 10, 2018) 
4. ↑ Auction 2012 (accessed on February 10, 2018)
5. ↑ 2013 auction (accessed February 10, 2018)