Frederick Cardway

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Frederick Cardway was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Frederick Cardway was a Colonel . He manufactured several passenger cars in New York City between 1923 and 1924 . The brand name was Cardway . A total of four vehicles were built in the first year and at least one, maybe two, in the second year. The focus was on export . One was exported to Australia . One vehicle still exists.

vehicles

Many parts were bought in. The six-cylinder engine came from the Continental Motors Company . It made 40 hp . The chassis had a 300 cm wheelbase . The bodies were open touring cars . They were called Standard sport touring and Super sport touring . Many or all of the vehicles were right-hand drive .

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. 254 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 247. (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. 254 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 247. (English)