Lincoln Motor Car Company

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Lincoln Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1914
resolution 1914
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
Branch Automobiles

Lincoln Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1914 as the successor to the American Motorette Company . The seat was also in Detroit , Michigan . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Lincoln , possibly with the addition of Highway . HDW Mackaye was the designer. Production ended in the same year. In total, only a few vehicles were built.

More American car brands named Lincoln introduced Lincoln Electric Company , Lincoln Automobile Company , Lincoln Motor Car Works and the Ford Corporation as Lincoln ago.

vehicles

The only model was a small car that was deliberately placed higher in the market than the many cycle cars . The four-cylinder engine had 71.4375 mm bore , 101.6 mm stroke , 1629 cc displacement and 20 hp . The motor cable was transmitted to the rear axle via a two-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft . The bonnet was similar to the Renault models at the time . This was possible because the water cooler was mounted behind the engine.

The structure was unusual. It was called a two- to three-seater roadster . The driver sat in the back seat, which was wide enough for two people. In front of it was a folding seat for a third passenger.

The original price was 500 US dollars .

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. 886 (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. 902 (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. 886 (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. 902 (English).