Krastin Automobile Manufacturing Company

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Krastin Automobile Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1901
resolution 1904
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Cleveland , Ohio , USA
management Charles S. Beardslee
Branch Automobiles

The last surviving Krastin from 1903 in the Riga Motor Museum
Side view

Krastin Automobile Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

August Krastin came from Latvia . He worked on a prototype for several years . On November 20, 1901, the company was founded in Cleveland , Ohio . Charles S. Beardslee was President and Krastin General Manager. They started producing automobiles in 1902. The brand name was Krastin . The first vehicle was sold in October 1902. The plant had a daily capacity of four vehicles. Later, a fire destroyed the work that was not insured. Bankruptcy followed in early 1904 .

A total of four vehicles were built, one of which still exists.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. A water-cooled two - cylinder engine with 10 HP power drove the rear axle via a chain. The chassis had a wheelbase of 183 cm . There was a choice of runabouts with two seats and two tonneaus with four and six seats. The steering wheel had numerous special functions.

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. 829 (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. 835 (English).

Web links

Commons : Krastin Automobile Manufacturing Company  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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. 829 (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. 835 (English).