Harper Buggy Company

Harper Buggy Company
legal form	Company
founding	1881
resolution	1916 or later
Seat	Columbia City , Indiana , USA
management	Val Brown
Branch	vehicles

Harper Buggy Company was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

The company was founded in Columbia City , Indiana in 1881 . Val Brown was President, DB Clugston Senior Vice President, SP Kaler Secretary and Superintendent, and WF McNagny Treasurer. At first they made carriages . In 1907 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Harper . Their production ended in 1908. Carriages continued to be made. Followers were added in 1916 . Then the track of the company is lost.

Motor vehicles

Initially, two models were announced. One should be a car buggy with a 4 hp engine.

In fact, only one model appeared. It had a water-cooled two - cylinder two - stroke engine . 114.3 mm bore and 101.6 mm stroke resulted in a displacement of 2085 cm³ . The engine output of 14 hp was transmitted to the rear axle via a two-speed gearbox. The chassis had a 193 cm wheelbase . The structure was an open runabout with two seats. The original price was 800 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. 677 (English).
• George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 672 (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. 677 (English).
2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 672 (English).
3. ↑ American Automobiles (accessed April 7, 2018)