Holland Automobile Company

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Holland Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1902
resolution 1903
Seat Jersey City , New Jersey , USA
Branch Automobiles

Holland Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1902 in Jersey City , New Jersey . Boisselot Automobile and Special Gasoline Motor Company is considered the predecessor company. In the same year the production of automobiles and kit cars began . The brand name was Holland . Production ended in 1903.

vehicles

One product line was steam cars . They were offered as complete vehicles.

More important was the business with kits . Customers were able to manufacture their vehicles themselves using the parts they bought. The offered petrol engines developed between 1.25 and 12 hp . Another source mentions engines with 6 or 12 hp. They were either air-cooled or water-cooled . The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a chain. Twelve different chassis were available. The type of body was left to the buyer. An illustration shows an open runabout with two seats.

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. 708 (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. 708 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e 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. 708 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c 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. 708 (English).