Keystone Motor Company
Keystone Motor Company | |
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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 |
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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
- ↑ 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).