Lincoln Motor Car Works

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Lincoln Motor Car Works
legal form
founding before 1912
resolution 1913
Seat Chicago , Illinois , USA
Branch Automobiles

Lincoln Motor Car Works was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Chicago , Illinois company had already made some automotive parts for Sears . When Sears gave up the automobile business, Lincoln Motor Car Works continued production on its own account. The brand name was Lincoln . Production ended in 1913.

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

vehicles

The Model 24 was a high wheeler . An air-cooled two-cylinder engine with an L-head powered the rear axle via a friction gear and two chains. The engine had 104.775 mm bore , 101.6 mm stroke , 1752 cm³ displacement and 14 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 183 cm . It was steered with a steering lever from the left seat. The original price was 585 US dollars .

There was also the Light . It was designed more modern and lower. The engine and wheelbase corresponded to the other model. The structure was a touring car . The car was $ 650.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1912-1913 Model 24 2 14th 183 Runabout
1912-1913 Light 2 14th 183 Touring car

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. 866 (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).

Web links

Commons : Lincoln Motor Car Works  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

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. 866 (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).