Kansas City Vehicle Company

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Kansas City Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1909
resolution 1913
Seat Kansas City , Missouri , USA
Branch Motor vehicles

Kansas City Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1909 in Kansas City , Missouri . It manufactured passenger cars from 1909 to 1913 , which were marketed as Gleason . Caps Brothers Manufacturing Company , Kansas City Motor Car Company, and Wonder Motor Car Company were previously active in the plant. Commercial vehicles were also created . In 1913 the company was dissolved.

The Bauer Machine Works Company took over the plant.

vehicles

The company manufactured highwheelers , making it one of the last to hit the market. The vehicles had a two-cylinder engine with 20 hp . It drove the rear axle via a cardan shaft . There was a choice of four superstructures. Model K was a high wheel buggy , Model L was a high wheel runabout , Model M was a high wheel baby tonneau, and Model Q was a baby tonneau. It is unclear why the addition High Wheel was omitted in the latter model .

The vehicles initially had solid rubber tires and later pneumatic tires . Further model maintenance measures or further developments have not survived.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1909-1913 Model K 2 20th 241 High wheel buggy
1909-1913 Model L 2 20th 241 High wheel runabout
1909-1913 Model M 2 20th 241 High wheel baby tonneau
1909-1913 Model Q 2 20th 241 Baby tonneau

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. 639-640 (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. 628 (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. 639-640 (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. 628 (English).