Findlay Carriage Company

Findlay Carriage Company
legal form	Company
founding	1892
resolution	1916
Seat	Findlay , Ohio , USA
management	John N. Doty
Branch	Carriages , automobiles

Findlay Carriage Company was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

The company was founded in Findlay , Ohio in 1892 . John N. Doty was President, J. Calvin Moyer Secretary, and Allen H. Moyer Manager and Treasurer. Mainly they made carriages . A few automobiles were also made in 1910 . The brand name was Findlay . They were not advertised nationwide, only sold locally. In 1911 financial problems began. In 1916 a fire destroyed the plant. The company was then dissolved.

Car

Only one model was on offer. It had a four-cylinder engine with 40 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 315 cm . The open touring car offered space for five people. The maximum speed was given as 96 km / h. The original price was 2500 US dollars .

In 1913 a hearse was made for Frank Barnhart, the head of the local funeral home . Two other undertakers from the city then also wanted vehicles.

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. 564 (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. 549 (English).

Web links

• Photos of surviving coach (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. 564 (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. 549 (English).