Howard Motor Works (USA)

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Howard Motor Works
legal form
founding 1907
resolution 1908
Seat Yonkers , New York , USA
management William S. Howard
Branch Automobiles , engines

Howard Motor Works was an American manufacturer of automobiles and engines .

Company history

William S. Howard had previous automotive experience with the Howard Automobile Company . In 1907 he founded the company in Yonkers , New York, USA . He produced the engines for the Colt Runabout Company . From 1908 he produced automobiles of the Howard brand . Plans to move to Albany or Athens came to nothing. Production ended in the same year. In total, only a few vehicles were built.

Howard later helped build some vehicles for the Munch-Allen Motor Car Company .

Other American manufacturers of Howard-brand passenger cars were: Howard Automobile Company of New Jersey , Howard Automobile Company of New York , Howard Automobile Company of Michigan , Central Car Company , A. Howard Company and Howard Motors Corporation .

vehicles

The only model was similar to the last Colt model. A six-cylinder engine powered the vehicles. A special feature was that in addition to complete vehicles , kits were also offered so that buyers could assemble the vehicles themselves.

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. 719 (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. ↑ a b c 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. 719 (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).