Lansing Automobile Works

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lansing Automobile Works
legal form
founding 1902
resolution 1902
Seat Lansing , Michigan , USA
management George J. Bohnet
Branch Automobiles

Lansing Automobile Works was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

George J. Bohnet was already producing automobiles from 1901 , which he sold as Bohnet . It was not until 1902 that he and JW Post founded the company in Lansing , Michigan . Production ended that same year.

vehicles

Steam cars were on offer . After 18 months of development, the first vehicle was so far ready that it could be driven on public roads for the first time on June 6, 1901. A doctor from De Witt bought the vehicle for less than $ 1,000 .

A manager from the Capital Electric Company bought the second vehicle. It took ten months to build. The body shape was a runabout . Was steered with a steering lever.

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. 135 (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. 135 (English).