Harrolds Motor Car Company

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Harrolds Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1903
resolution 1925 or later
Seat New York City , New York , USA
management Robert D. Garden
Branch Automobiles

Harrolds Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in New York City in 1903 as an auto dealer. President and General Manager was Harry Unwin, who was previously Secretary of the Association of Automobile Manufacturers . In 1905 Unwin left the company. Robert D. Garden took over the management. He limited the auto trade to Pierce-Arrow vehicles . In the same year the company produced a number of automobiles. The brand name was Harrolds .

Another advertisement from the company has survived from January 4, 1925. Then the track of the company is lost.

vehicles

One branch of the offer was special vehicles according to customer requirements on chassis from Pierce-Arrow.

In addition, light electric cars were created for city trips. There was a Harrolds in each of Howard J. Dietz's and William Rockefeller's garages .

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. 679 (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. 679 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 138 (English).
  3. ↑ The Brooklyn Daily Eagle from Brooklyn, New York · Page 73 (accessed April 14, 2018)