Goddeu

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Goddeu
legal form
founding 1898
resolution 1914
Seat Winchester , Massachusetts , USA
management Louis Goddeu
Branch Automobiles

Goddeu from 1898 in the Louwman Museum
Side view. The rear seat is folded up to reveal the engine.

Goddeu was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Louis Goddeu was originally from Canada . He emigrated to the United States and got rich. He was involved in the McKay Metal Fastener Company in Winchester , Massachusetts , which was later acquired by the United Shoe Machinery Company . He was interested in technology and received over 300 patents over the course of his life , including one for a stapler .

He manufactured a total of five motor vehicles between 1898 and 1914 . The brand name was Goddeu . One of them still exists.

vehicles

The first vehicle dates from 1898. It has a two-cylinder engine that is mounted in the rear. Denatured alcohol is used as fuel . The transmission has two gears. The body is open. She has two seats in a row. This vehicle was restored in 1951. In August 2004, it was auctioned for $ 33,000 . It is on display in the Louwman Museum in The Hague .

No details are available for the following four vehicles.

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. 644 (English).

Web links

Commons : Goddeu  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e 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. 644 (English).
  2. ↑ a b Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 128 (English).
  3. ^ Auction 2004 (accessed March 17, 2018)