Fanning Manufacturing Company

Fanning Manufacturing Company
legal form	Company
founding	1901
resolution	1903
Seat	Chicago , Illinois , USA
management	Frank Fanning
Branch	Automobiles

Fanning Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Another source uses the name The FJ Fanning Manufacturing Company .

Company history

The brothers Frank and John Fanning managed the company, with Frank responsible for the business and John for the workshop. The seat was in Chicago , Illinois . They started producing automobiles in 1901. The brand name was Fanning . The vehicles were sold by several dealers from the east coast of the United States . On May 29, 1903, a fire destroyed the plant. Then production ended.

vehicles

One model was an electric car . It was driven by an electric motor with a power of 2 hp . The range was given as 96 km. Construction was an open runabout . The original price was 750 US dollars .

There were also vehicles with a gasoline engine . The two-cylinder engine was air-cooled and developed 9 hp. It drove the rear axle via a chain. A wooden frame reinforced with steel tubes represented the chassis . The options were Runabout for $ 1,250 and Tonneau for $ 1,500.

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. 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).

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. 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).