Mackle-Thompson Automobile Company

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mackle-Thompson Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1903
resolution after 1903
Seat Elizabeth , New Jersey , USA
management
  • Frederick Mackle
  • Andrew C. Thompson
Branch Automobiles

Mackle-Thompson Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Frederick Mackle and Andrew C. Thompson were mechanics. Thompson had previous automotive experience with Thompson . They founded the company in Elizabeth , New Jersey , in 1903 . In the same the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Mackle-Thompson . They also sold Oldsmobile vehicles and ran a repair shop. In 1903, the company's own vehicle production ended.

It is not known when the company was dissolved.

vehicles

The vehicles had a single cylinder engine with air cooling . In the Model B it had 3.5 hp and in the Model C 5 hp. It drove the rear axle via a two-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft . Another source only mentions the more powerful engine and a three-speed transmission. The setup was an open runabout for two people. The vehicles were right-hand drive .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) construction
1903 Model B 1 3.5 Runabout
1903 Model C 1 5 Runabout

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. 914 (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. 939 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f 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. 914 (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. 939 (English).
  3. ↑ a b The Mackle-Thompson Automobile & The Mackle-Thompson Automobile Co. (English, accessed on August 18, 2018)