Lansden Company

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Lansden Company
legal form Company
founding 1904
resolution 1928
Seat Newark , New Jersey , USA
Branch Motor vehicles

Lansden Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

John M. Lansden and William M. Little had founded the Birmingham Electric Manufacturing Company in Birmingham , Alabama as early as 1901 . They wanted to make electric cars and may not have made one, possibly two prototypes .

In 1904 they founded the new company in Newark , New Jersey . They mainly made commercial vehicles. In 1906 passenger cars were added. The brand name was Lansden . From 1908, the cars were only available to order. Car production ended in 1910. Lansden left the company in 1911. Trucks were still in use until 1928.

Car

All vehicles were electric cars. 1906 was a model of the Type 40-CC . The sedan had a 224 cm wheelbase . There was also the Type 56 Electrette . The chassis had a 229 cm wheelbase. The setup was a runabout .

There were four models between 1907 and 1908. Type 38 C was a touring car with a 231 cm wheelbase. Type 98 CC was a 274 cm sedan. In addition, the two previous year's models remained on offer.

Model overview

year model Wheelbase (cm) construction
1906 Type 40-CC 224 limousine
1906 Type 56 Electrette 229 Runabout
1907-1908 Type 38 C 231 Touring car
1907-1908 Type 40-CC 224 limousine
1907-1908 Type 56 Electrette 229 Runabout
1907-1908 Type 98 CC 274 limousine

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. 841 (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. 872 (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. 841 (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. 872 (English).