Harry S. Houpt Manufacturing Company

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Harry S. Houpt Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1909
resolution 1910
Reason for dissolution Acquisition by New Departure Manufacturing Company
Seat New York City , New York , USA
management Harry S. Houpt
Branch Automobiles

Harry S. Houpt Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Harry S. Houpt founded the company in New York City in August 1909 . However, the plant was located in New Britain , Connecticut . He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Houpt , from 1910 also unofficially Houpt-Rockwell .

In April 1910, the takeover by the New Departure Manufacturing Company followed . This company manufactured largely identical vehicles with the brand name Houpt-Rockwell during 1910 .

vehicles

There were two models on offer. The Four had a four-cylinder engine with 139.7 mm bore , 152.4 mm stroke , 9344 cm³ displacement and 60 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 323 cm . The bodies were touring car , toy tonneau , runabout , limousine and landaulet .

The Six had a six-cylinder engine with the same cylinder dimensions. It developed 90 hp from a displacement of 14,015 cm. The wheelbase was 356 cm. The range of bodies corresponded to the smaller model.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1909 Four 4th 60 323 Touring car, toy tonneau, runabout, limousine, landaulet
1909 Six 6th 90 356 Touring car, toy tonneau, runabout, limousine, landaulet

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. 718 (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. 722 (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. 718 (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. 722 (English).