Forest Motor Car Company

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

Forest Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Boston , Massachusetts in 1905 . The production of automobiles began, which were marketed as Forest . Production ended in 1906. One source indicates that the company may have existed as a vehicle dealer thereafter.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a two-cylinder engine with 20 hp . 114.3 mm bore and 177.8 mm stroke resulted in 3649 cc displacement . The transmission had three gears. The chassis had a wheelbase of 218 cm . The open body was designed as a touring car and offered space for five people. The maximum speed was given as 64 km / h. The original price was 1,200 dollars and included lights and horn.

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. 600 (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. 584 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 600 (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. 584 (English).