Farmack Motor Car Company

Farmack Motor Car Company
legal form	Company
founding	1915
resolution	1916
Reason for dissolution	reorganization
Seat	Chicago , Illinois , USA
management	Albert J. Farmer
Branch	Automobiles

Farmack Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Albert J. Farmer had previous automotive experience with Smith & Mabley Manufacturing Company , Rainier Motor Car Company, and Northway Motors Corporation . MM McIntyre previously worked at Coey Motor . Together they founded the company in Chicago , Illinois in May 1915 . They began producing automobiles in the former Staver Carriage Company plant. The brand name was Farmack . Sales initially went well.

In 1916, Farmer found more investors from Chicago, but they were not satisfied with the Farmack name . A reorganization resulted in Drexel Motor Corporation in the same town.

vehicles

The only model had a self-developed and manufactured four-cylinder engine with OHC valve control . It made 20 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 310 cm . There was a choice of a two-seater roadster , a two-seater convertible and a five-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. 559 (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. 559 (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).