Indiana Truck Corporation
| Indiana Truck Corporation | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Co |
| founding | 1898 |
| resolution | 1932 |
| Seat | Indiana, USA |
| Branch | Automobile manufacturing |
Indiana Truck Corporation was a truck manufacturer in Indiana , USA , and belonged to White (now Volvo ) from 1932 .
Company history
The company built its first truck under the brand name Harwood-Barley Manufacturing Co in Marion in 1910 . Originally the company produced bed frames and bed springs from 1898 onwards and this production continued over the years. In 1920 the company name was changed to Indiana Truck Corporation, which was retained until 1939. In 1927 the company was sold to Brockway Motor Truck , who in 1932 was forced to sell the company to White and truck production was relocated to Cleveland, Ohio. Indiana trucks were also assembled in Wolverhemton, England, from 1936 until the company was closed by White in 1939.
Trucks
In 1910, Harwood-Barley built his first Indiana "Truck No. 1001" in his factory . It had a gasoline engine, solid rubber tires and was driven by chains. Over the years, foreign petrol engines have mainly been installed in the trucks and some important components have also been obtained from other manufacturers. In the 1930s, the trucks became larger and had a payload of up to 7.5 tons. The trucks currently had a cardan drive and licensed engines from Waukesha and Herkules were installed in the trucks. Indiana Truck Corporation was the first truck manufacturer in the United States to install a diesel engine in its trucks in 1931 . The engine manufacturer was Cummins .
Literature and source
- Halwart Schrader, Jan P. Norbye: The truck lexicon. Motorbuch Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-613-01837-3 .
- Ingrid Phaneuf, James Menzies: Trucks - Models from around the world. Parragon Books, 2006, ISBN 978-1-40547-901-1 .
- Peter J. Davies: Trucks of the World. Motorbuch Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-613-02257-5 .