JV & C. Randall

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JV & C. Randall
legal form
founding 1895
resolution 1909 or later
Seat Newtown, Pennsylvania , USA
management James Vansant Randall
Branch vehicles

JV & C. Randall was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

James Vansant Randall ran a carriage manufacturing company in Newtown, Pennsylvania , since the 19th century . In 1895 he took on his nephew Clarence Randall as a partner. The new company name was JV & C. Randall . Furthermore, carriages were mainly produced. From 1903 automobiles were also produced. The brand name was Randall . Motor vehicle production ended in 1905. Thereafter courses continued to be produced. After 1909, the company loses its track.

There was no connection to the manufacturer Randall , who also offered vehicles as Randall .

Motor vehicles

The offer was a tricycle with a single front wheel. An air-cooled two-cylinder engine drove the rear axle. A 107.95 mm bore and 127 mm stroke resulted in a displacement of 2325 cc . Initially the engine developed 8 HP and from 1905 12 HP. In the same year, the friction gear used initially was replaced by a three-speed gearbox. The open body with roof offered space for four people. Was steered with a steering lever. The chassis had a wheelbase of 183 cm . The curb weight was given as about 544 kg. The original price was 750 US dollars .

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. 1263 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1297 (English).

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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. 1263 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1297 (English).