Hunt and Hunt Automobile Specialists

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Hunt and Hunt Automobile Specialists
legal form
founding 1904
resolution after 1910
Seat San Diego , California , USA
management William H. Hunt
Branch Automobiles

Hunt and Hunt Automobile Specialists was a US company in the automotive industry.

Company history

The brothers William H. and Clarence Hunt founded the company in 1904. The seat was in San Diego , California . They were the first dealership in town and they had a deal with Ford . They only sold one Ford in the first two years. It should be noted that the Ford Model T was not yet on the market. They made two-stroke engines for the Great Western Motor Car Company , which only made a prototype .

They also repaired automobiles. A commercial vehicle was built in 1905 and a passenger car in 1910 . It was called Hunt Special .

In October 1909, Clarence Hunt died in a car accident. After 1910 the track of the company is lost.

vehicles

In 1905 a delivery van was built . A baker from the same town bought it.

One of her workshop's best customers was Arnie Babcock. He often had to drive from Ensenada , Mexico to San Diego for business reasons . His vehicles were not stable enough for the bad roads and often had to be repaired. In 1909 he commissioned the brothers to build a stable vehicle for him. In 1910 the vehicle was ready. The price was 16,000 US dollars . Babcock died before he could drive the vehicle. His widow resold it. The vehicle still exists.

The vehicle has a four-cylinder engine with OHV valve control . It drives the rear axle via a three-speed gearbox and two chains. The chassis has a 292 cm wheelbase and 152 cm track width . The structure is an open touring car with space for five people.

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. 750 (English).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f 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. 750 (English).
  2. ↑ a b Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 148-149 (English).