JH Sizelan Company

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The JH Sizelan Company was a short-lived American manufacturer of light automobiles.

description

The company was founded in 1913 and had to close again the following year; one of the numerous victims of the "cycle car boom" of those years, which ended abruptly with the appearance of affordable, full-fledged automobiles such as the Ford Model T. It was based in East Cleveland ( Ohio ).

An American source gives Fidelia as the only brand name . A German and an English source, however, have entries under Fedelia and Fidelia . It is also noticeable that the construction period for the Fedelia is specified from 1913 to 1914, whereas for the Fidelia it is only 1914.

Only one model was on offer. It is described as a conventional, two-seater cycle car . However, it did not meet the criteria. The car was powered by a four-cylinder engine of Deluxe . 88.9 mm bore and 93.2 mm stroke resulted in 1157 cm³ displacement . The wheelbase was 244 cm and the track width 964 mm. An unusual detail was a sporty "boat tail", as it was common on racing cars at that time.

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. 563 (English).
  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Fedelia and Fidelia (II).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 527 and p. 548 (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. 563 (English).
  2. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Fedelia.
  3. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 527 (English).
  4. ↑ Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Fidelia (II).
  5. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 548 (English).