Keystone Motor Company

Keystone Motor Company
legal form	Company
founding	1900
resolution	1900
Seat	Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
Branch	Automobiles , engines

Keystone Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles and engines .

Company history

The company was founded in 1900 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Automobile production began in the summer of 1900. The brand name was Keystone . Edward B. Gallaher was the designer. Engines were also offered. By August 1900, 9 vehicles and 71 engines had already been sold. Sales continued to rise.

In November 1900, in the company's fifth month, the owners accepted a good offer from Searchmont Motor and sold everything.

It had no ties with the other US manufacturers of Keystone- branded cars : Keystone Match & Machine Company , Munch Motor Car Company, and H. Cook & Brothers .

vehicles

All models had a water-cooled single cylinder engine with 5 hp . There was a choice of Autocycle as a two-seater, Wagonette as a two-seater runabout and a single-seater delivery van .

Model overview

year	model	cylinder	Power ( hp )	Wheelbase (cm)	construction
1900	Autocycle	1	5	132
1900	Wagonette	1	5	132	Runabout
1900	Parcel delivery	1	5	132	delivery trucks

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. 804 (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. 821 (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. 804 (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. 821 (English).