Kreider Machine Company

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Kreider Machine Company
legal form Company
founding 1905
resolution 1913
Seat Lancaster , Pennsylvania , USA
management Enos K. Kreider
Branch Automobiles

Kreider Machine Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was based in Lancaster , Pennsylvania . In 1905, the production of automobiles began under the direction of Enos K. Kreider. The brand name was K & M . Motor vehicle production ended in the same year. The company was only dissolved in 1913.

vehicles

The only model was a high wheeler with solid rubber tires . It had a two-cylinder engine in the middle of the vehicle. It had 18 hp and drove the rear axle via a two-speed gearbox and a chain. The chassis had a wheelbase of 259 cm . The open body offered space for four people on two bench seats. The rear bench could be removed to transport goods. What was unusual was that the vehicle could be used as a drive source for equipment. Wood saws, water pumps and corn mills are mentioned.

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. 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 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. 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).