Klink Motor Car Manufacturing Company

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Klink Motor Car Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1907
resolution 1910
Seat Dansville, New York , USA
management John F. Klink
Branch Automobiles

Klink Motor Car Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

John F. Klink and Charles Day founded the company in March 1907. The company was based in Dansville, New York , although it is unclear whether it was Dansville in Livingston County or Dansville in Steuben County . Harvey Toms also worked for the company. In May 1907 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Klink . In October 1907, three vehicles were presented at the New York Automobile Show .

Day left the company in July 1909. Klink closed the plant on September 25, 1909. In 1910 he still tried to build two vehicles from existing parts, but this did not succeed. In 1910 the company was dissolved.

A total of around 20 vehicles were built. The last two vehicles from 1910, which were never completed, ended up in the scrapyard in 1934 .

vehicles

The vehicles had engines from the Continental Motors Company . Initially there were four-cylinder engines and later six-cylinder engines . The transmissions and rear axles came from Brown-Lipe and the bodies from Buffalo .

In 1907 there was only the Model 30 . The four-cylinder engine developed 30 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 274 cm . There was a choice of touring cars with five seats and roadsters with four seats.

In 1908 this model got a longer wheelbase of 284 cm. The Model 40 completed the range. It had a four-cylinder engine with 40 hp. The wheelbase was 305 cm. The open touring car offered space for seven people.

In 1909 the wheelbase of Model 30 was shortened to 279 cm. The roadster only had three seats. The touring car remained unchanged with five seats. The Model 35 was new with a six-cylinder engine and 35 hp. The wheelbase was 302 cm. The bodies were roadsters with four seats and touring cars with five seats.

In 1910 there was only the Model 35 as a five-seater touring car.

Hill climb

In 1908, a vehicle won third place out of 25 participants in a hill climb in Hornell .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1907 Model 30 4th 30th 274 5-seater touring car, 4-seater roadster
1908 Model 30 4th 30th 284 5-seater touring car, 4-seater roadster
1908 Model 40 4th 40 305 7-seater touring car
1909 Model 30 4th 30th 279 5-seater touring car, 3-seater roadster
1909 Model 35 6th 35 302 Roadster 4-seater, touring car 5-seater
1910 Model 35 6th 35 302 5-seater touring car

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. 821-822 (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. 830 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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. 821-822 (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. 830 (English).