Linthwaite-Hussey Motor Company

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Linthwaite-Hussey Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1916
resolution 1916
Seat Los Angeles , California , USA
management Mr. Hussey
Branch Automobiles

Linthwaite-Hussey Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Other sources use the names Lithwaite-Hussy Company and Linthwaite-Hussy Company .

Company history

Owen C. Linthwaite was a designer with the California Automobile Company and the New Columbus Buggy Company . In 1916 he founded the company with a Mr. Hussey, who was presumably the financier. The seat was in Los Angeles , California . They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Milac . Production ended in the same year. A total of eight vehicles were built.

vehicles

Sports and racing cars were on offer . The Model C had a four-cylinder engine with four-valve technology , a displacement of 199 cubic inches , corresponding to a displacement of 3261 cm³, and an output of 90 hp . The Model D had a more powerful engine. He made 110 hp from 299 cubic inches or 4900 cm³ displacement.

Some vehicles were successfully used in car races until 1918.

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. 974 (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. 974 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 197 (English).
  3. ↑ National's Red Book - Blue Book (accessed October 20, 2018)