Ideal Runabout Manufacturing Company

Ideal Runabout Manufacturing Company
legal form	Company
founding	1907
resolution	1907
Seat	Buffalo , New York , USA
Branch	Automobiles

Ideal Runabout Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was based in Buffalo , New York, United States . George P. Askin, Arthur C. Whittemore and Anna G. Whittemore were involved. They made some automobiles in 1907. The brand name was Ideal .

There were several US manufacturers of Ideal branded passenger vehicles : Ideal Automobile Manufacturing Company , Richmond & Holmes Company , B. & P. ​​Company , Ideal Motor Vehicle Company , Ideal Runabout Manufacturing Company, Bethlehem Automobile Company , Ideal Electric Vehicle Company , Ideal Shop and Bethlehem Motor Truck Company .

vehicles

The only model was a small runabout . There was space for two people. A single cylinder engine with 5 HP power drove the rear axle via a chain. Was steered with a steering lever. Fenders were missing. Both were old-fashioned, according to one source.

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. 763 (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. 747 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 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. 763 (English).
2. ↑ ^{a b} 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. 747 (English).