Leighton Auto Company

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Leighton Auto Company
legal form Company
founding 1910
resolution 1910
Seat Brockton , Massachusetts , USA
Branch Automobiles

Leighton Auto Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was based in Brockton , Massachusetts . It produced some automobiles to customer orders in 1910. The brand name was Leighton .

A source speculates that HJ Leighton was involved. In the past he had mainly manufactured boat engines and in 1902 an automobile with a three - cylinder two-stroke engine and an output of 8 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. 856 (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. 856 (English).
  2. Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 175 (English).