Frantz Automobile Company

Frantz Automobile Company
legal form	Company
founding	1901
resolution	1902
Seat	Cherryville , Pennsylvania , USA
management	Hiram Frantz
Branch	Automobiles

Frantz Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Frantz steam car

Company history

Hiram Frantz was a priest . He founded the company in Cherryville , Pennsylvania in 1901 . He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Frantz . On May 30, 1901, an automobile magazine reported on the company. Production ended in 1902. A total of at least four vehicles were built.

vehicles

Steam cars were on offer . The burner was an invention of Frantz. The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a chain. The open body offered space for two people. Was steered with a steering lever. The wheels were wire-spoke wheels. The original price was 700 US dollars .

The company stated that it also manufactured vehicles with gasoline engines to order. It is not known whether any of these actually came about.

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. 612 (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. 590 (English).

Web links

Commons : Frantz Automobile 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. 612 (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. 590 (English).