Rubay Company

Rubay Company
legal form	Company
founding	1922
resolution	1924
Seat	Cleveland , Ohio , USA
management	Leon Rubay
Branch	Automobiles

Rubay Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Frenchman Leon Rubay was already producing car bodies from 1914 . In 1922 he founded the separate company in Cleveland , Ohio for vehicle production. Automobile production began in December of the same year. The brand name was Leon Rubay . In the late autumn of 1923, Leon Rubay was in France with nerve problems. The bankruptcy began. In January 1924 the company was sold to the Raulang Body Company .

A total of about 12 vehicles were built, one of which still exists.

vehicles

Paul C. Bastien designed the engine, which Arthur M. Dean revised. It was a four-cylinder engine with OHC valve control , 2043 cm³ displacement and between 32 and 36 hp . The chassis had a 300 cm wheelbase . Are Narrated sedan , coupe , Town Car and Convertible . The four-wheel brakes were unusual. The original price was 5,100 US dollars for the cheapest version.

Two sources suggest that potential buyers expect more cylinders , more displacement, more power and a longer wheelbase for the purchase price .

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. 858 (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. 893 (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. 858 (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. 893 (English).