Jacob Hoffman Wagon Company

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Jacob Hoffman Wagon Company
legal form Company
founding 1885 or earlier
resolution 1905 or later
Seat Cleveland , Ohio , USA
Branch vehicles

Jacob Hoffman Wagon Company was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

The company was based in Cleveland , Ohio . There is evidence that it existed as early as 1885, and more for 1890, 1891, and 1892. It made carriages . In 1903 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Willard . In 1905 the production of motor vehicles ended . Then the track of the company is lost.

Motor vehicles

The company manufactured an electric car in collaboration with I. Willard in 1903 . Willard was a manufacturer of batteries and experimented with electric motors and cars. He made the engine and batteries, Hoffman made the rest of the vehicle. The specified range was 120 km. The vehicle had a hood at the front that resembled the hoods of gasoline cars. The structure was a tonneau .

Then Hoffman made a few more vehicles. An illustration shows a runabout dated 1904.

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. 1544 (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. 1544 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 305 (English).
  3. ^ The Carriage Trade (accessed April 27, 2019)
  4. ↑ Access Genealogy via Paul J. Brown (accessed April 27, 2019)
  5. ↑ Detroit Free Press, March 19, 1891 (accessed April 27, 2019)
  6. ^ Newark Daily Advocate Newspaper, January 6, 1892 (accessed April 27, 2019)