Foster Automobile Manufacturing Company

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Foster Automobile Company
Foster Automobile Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1900
resolution 1903
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Rochester , New York , USA
management GG Foster
Branch Automobiles

Foster steam car from 1901

Foster Automobile Manufacturing Company , previously Foster Automobile Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

GG Foster made pianos with his Foster & Company . In 1899 a single steam car was built . In early 1900, he founded the Foster Automobile Company for vehicle production. Paul Densmore joined the company a little later and renamed it the Foster Automobile Manufacturing Company . Foster himself stayed with the company. Vehicle production began in 1901. The brand name was Foster . 165 vehicles were built in the first year. In 1902 there was a patent dispute with the Whitney Steam Motor Wagon Company . Bankruptcy followed in 1903 .

The Artzberger Automobile Company continued to produce a model while maintaining the brand name until 1904, but also used its own brand name.

There was no connection with WO Foster & Company , which a few years later also offered vehicles as Foster .

vehicles

One model series were steam cars. They had chain drives. A Surrey is recorded for 1901 . In 1902 there were the bodies of light roadsters , touring wagons , Surrey and speed wagons . In 1903 there was only a light roadster in the range.

There were also electric cars . They were bodied as a runabout in 1901 and 1902 .

In 1903, two models with gasoline engines added to the range. They had two-cylinder engines that developed 9 hp or 12 hp, depending on the version . The bodies were touring cars .

A steam car from 1901 has been preserved. It belongs to the collection of the Science Museum .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) construction
1901 Steam Surrey
1901 Electric Runabout
1902 Steam Light Roadster, Touring Wagon, Surrey, Speed ​​Wagon
1902 Electric Runabout
1903 Steam Light Roadster
1903 Gasoline 2 9 Touring car
1903 Gasoline 2 12 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. 602 (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. 584-585 (English).

Web links

Commons : Foster Automobile Manufacturing Company  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

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. 602 (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. 584-585 (English).
  3. ^ Information from the Science Museum (accessed February 24, 2018)