Heine-Velox Engineering Company
Heine-Velox Engineering Company | |
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legal form | Company |
founding | 1921 |
resolution | 1923 |
Seat | San Francisco , California , USA |
management | Gustav Otto Heine |
Branch | Automobiles |
Heine-Velox Engineering Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
Gustav Otto Heine ran the Heine Piano Company in San Francisco , California . In addition, between 1905 and 1907 he had already gained experience in automobile construction with the Heine Motor Car Company . In 1921 he founded the new company for vehicle production, also in San Francisco. The brand name was again Heine-Velox .
Production ended in 1923. A total of five vehicles were built.
vehicles
The vehicles were among the most expensive on the American market. A V12 engine of the Weidely Motors Company with 6382 cc displacement and 115 hp power drive to them. The chassis had a 376 cm wheelbase . The sedan , runabout, and a sports model were sold for $ 17,000 . The price could rise to $ 25,000 if the buyer had a body made to order. A sporty Victoria and four limousines were produced, one of which was not completely finished.
One vehicle stood in Harrah's Automobile Museum for a long time. Two more were owned by the Heine family in the 1980s.
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. 694 (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. 683-684 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 694 (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. 683-684 (English).