Gardner (automobile manufacturer)

Frank L. Gardner
legal form
founding	1898
resolution	1900
Seat	Paris
management	Frank L. Gardner
Branch	Automobile manufacturer

Frank L. Gardner was a French manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Frank L. Gardner company from Rue Stendhal in Paris began producing automobiles in 1898. Production ended in 1900 when Frank L. Gardner moved to Serpollet . There was no connection with the Gardner Motor Company .

vehicles

Initially, a model based on a design by Charles W. James with a single-cylinder engine and power transmission via belts was offered. There was also the 12 CV racing car with a two-cylinder engine , for which a maximum speed of 60 km / h was specified.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)
• George Nick Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975. (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
2. ^ Georgano: The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile.
3. ^ Georgano: Cars. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours.