Hoyt (automobile manufacturer)

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Hoyt
legal form unknown
founding 1899
resolution 1901
Seat Penacook , New Hampshire , USA
management Adrian Hazen Hoyt
Branch Automobiles

This vehicle is registered as Hoyt from 1901.

Hoyt was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Occasionally the name is called American Manufacturing Company .

Company history

Adrian Hazen Hoyt (1862–1920) was a doctor, but also interested in technology. In the 1890s he worked for the Standard Electric Company in St. Johnsbury , Vermont . He moved to the Whitney Electric Instrument Company , initially based in Manchester , New Hampshire and later in Penacook , New Hampshire. In 1896 he designed a steam car for the Concord Motor Coach Company .

Between 1899 and 1901 he made other vehicles called Hoyt .

In total, Hoyt produced eleven vehicles. One source thinks that it includes Concord vehicles. There were five steam cars and six electric cars .

Hoyt founded Hoyt Electrical Instrument Works in 1904 .

vehicles

Steam cars were on offer. Illustrations show vehicles from 1899 and 1900. They are open two-seaters without a convertible top. It is steered with a steering lever. Above the front axle is a vertical cover that serves as a bulkhead. The wheels are spoke wheels like bicycles. Missing fenders .

A steam car from 1901 probably still exists. Its British registration is in Hoyt. However, the identification as Hoyt is not fully secured. The front design differs from the familiar photos, but the vehicle is also one to two years younger. The vehicle has a steam engine with two cylinders , 63.5 mm bore and 88.9 mm stroke . It took part in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run several times . The Bonhams auction house auctioned this vehicle on December 1, 2008 for 32,782 euros .

Electric cars were also created.

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. 721 (English).

Web links

Commons : Hoyt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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. 721 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c www.autopasion18 (Spanish, accessed May 5, 2018)
  3. ↑ Hoyt Electrical Instrument Works (accessed May 5, 2018)
  4. ↑ a b c History of Early American Automobile Industry (accessed May 5, 2018)
  5. ↑ a b c Auction 2008 (English, accessed on May 5, 2018)
  6. ↑ The Steam Car Club of Great Britain (accessed May 5, 2018)