HC Wing & Sons

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HC Wing & Sons
legal form Company
founding 1922
resolution 1922
Seat Greenfield , Massachusetts , USA
Branch Automobiles

HC Wing & Sons was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was owned by Chauncey Wing's Sons of the same town, which existed from 1892 to 2017. The seat was in Greenfield , Massachusetts . In 1922 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Wing Midget , unofficially also Wing Special . Production ended in the same year. A total of around 15 vehicles were built.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It was similar to the racing cars from around 1910, but was smaller. A four-cylinder engine with water cooling drove through a three-speed transmission and two chains to the rear axle. The chassis had a wheelbase of 152 cm and a track width of 102 cm . The open body only offered space for one person. The maximum speed was specified as 128 km / h. The original price was 380 US dollars .

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. 1555–1556 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1754 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1754 (English).
  2. ↑ Information from Chauncey Wing's Sons (English, accessed April 27, 2019)
  3. ↑ 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. 1555–1556 (English).