Jones-Corbin Automobile Company

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Jones-Corbin Company
Jones-Corbin Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1903
resolution 1907
Seat Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
management
  • George H. Jones
  • EO Corbin
Branch Automobiles

Jones-Corbin Automobile Company , previously the Jones-Corbin Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

George H. Jones and EO Corbin founded the Jones-Corbin Company in 1903 . The seat was in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Jones-Corbin . At the end of 1903 the name was changed to Jones-Corbin Automobile Company . Production ended in 1907.

The Matthews Motor Company took over the company.

vehicles

1903 there was only the Model A . It had a single cylinder engine similar to those of De Dion-Bouton , with 8 hp . The water cooling was supposed to function like the Mercedes cars of the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft . The horn was imported and highlighted as particularly large. The chassis had a wheelbase of 198 cm . The only structure was an open runabout with two seats.

From 1904 to 1905 this model remained unchanged. The Model B was added. Its two-cylinder engine developed 14 hp. The wheelbase was also 198 cm. In addition to a two-seater runabout, a four-seater was Tonneau and a Canopy Top - touring car with five seats available.

Between 1906 and 1907 there was only one model in the range, the L model. The four-cylinder engine developed 45 hp. The wheelbase of 279 cm enabled bodies as tonneau with side access and limousine .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1903 Model A 1 8th 198 Runabout 2-seater
1904-1905 Model A 1 8th 198 Runabout 2-seater
1904-1905 Model B 2 14th 198 Runabout 2-seater, tonneau 4-seater, Canopy Top touring car 5-seater
1906-1907 Model L 4th 45 279 Side entrance tonneau, limousine

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. 789 (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. 798 (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. 789 (English).
  2. ↑ 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. 798 (English).