Krohn Light Car Company

Krohn Light Car Company
legal form	Company
founding	1915
resolution	1916
Seat	Oakland , California , USA
management	Louis J. Krohn
Branch	Automobiles

Krohn Light Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Louis J. Krohn and LJ Krohn and Company are also named as company names .

Company history

Louis J. Krohn was a bicycle dealer in Oakland , California . In December 1915 he manufactured his first automobile. Then series production began. The brand name was Krohn Kar . On May 13, 1916, Krohn announced that he was looking for a larger factory because of the many orders. After that, nothing is known anymore.

A total of at least seven vehicles were built.

vehicles

The prototype was bodied as a roadster . A motor with 18 HP power drove the rear axle via a three-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft . The original price was 435 US dollars .

After that, a touring car with four seats is named. The engine developed 22 hp.

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. 831 (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. 831 (English).
2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 168 (English).