Krueger Manufacturing Company

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Krueger Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1905
resolution 1906
Seat Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA
management
  • Harry F. Krueger
  • William F. Krueger
Branch Automobiles

Krueger Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The brothers Harry F. and William F. Krueger founded the company in 1905. The seat was in Milwaukee , Wisconsin . They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Eclipse from 1905 to 1906 and later in 1906 Krueger . Production ended in 1906.

There were no affiliations with any of the other Eclipse-branded automobile manufacturers : Eclipse Automobile Company , Eclipse Machine Company (Ohio) , Eclipse Machine Division , Eclipse Machine Company (Michigan), and Eclipse Motor Car Company .

vehicles

Brand name Eclipse

The Model A had an air-cooled single cylinder engine . It drove the rear axle via a planetary gear and a cardan shaft . The chassis had a wheelbase of 218 cm . There was a choice between a light touring car and a light delivery van . Left- hand drive was unusual for the time .

The Model B had a two-cylinder engine with 22 hp power. The open touring car offered space for five people.

Brand name Krueger

The offer only the standing Model C as a successor to the previous Model B . The two-cylinder engine developed 20 hp. The wheelbase was 254 cm. The body shape was again a five-seater touring car.

Model overview

year brand model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1905-1906 Eclipse Model A 1 218 5-seater light touring car, light delivery van
1905-1906 Eclipse Model B 2 22nd 5-seater touring car
1906 Krueger Model C 2 20th 254 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. 516 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 481 (English).

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. 516 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 481 (English).