HF Van Wambeke & Sons

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HF Van Wambeke & Sons
legal form
founding 1907
resolution 1909
Seat Elgin , Illinois , USA
Branch Motor vehicles

HF Van Wambeke & Sons was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles . Two other sources confirm the existence of the company, but not the company name.

Company history

HF Van Wambeke was a grocer in Elgin , Illinois . In 1907, automobile production began in a shed on the site . His sons helped with this. The brand name was Van Wambeke . Production ended in 1909. A total of about eight vehicles were built.

vehicles

The vehicles were high wheelers . With their big wheels, they were well suited for the bad roads of the time. They had self-made gasoline engines with air cooling . They were two-cylinder engines that developed between 10 and 20 hp . A four-cylinder engine was also available on special request . The motors drove the rear axle via a planetary gearbox and two chains.

Most of the eight vehicles were vans for local business people. In addition, one or two passenger cars were built . They were bodied as a runabout . The original price was around $ 750 .

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. 1493 (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. 1654 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 292 (English).
  2. ↑ 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. 1493 (English).
  3. ↑ 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. 1654 (English).