Manistee Auto Company

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Manistee Auto Company
legal form Company
founding 1912
resolution 1913
Seat Manistee , Michigan , USA
management Charles Elmendorf
Branch Automobiles

Manistee Auto Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Charles Elmendorf founded the company in March 1912. He was President and General Manager while George N. Burr was Secretary and Treasurer. The company was based in Manistee , Michigan . The production of automobiles ran from 1912 to 1913. The brand name was Autoette .

There was no association with the Auto-Ette Company , which used the similar brand name Auto-Ette in 1913 .

vehicles

The company manufactured one of the first and one of the smallest cycle cars. The single-cylinder engine was water-cooled and developed 4.9 hp . One source gives 400 cm³ displacement . Another source mentions 88.9 mm bore , 101.6 mm stroke and 631 cm³ displacement. The motor drove the rear axle via a friction gear and belt. The wheelbase was 183 cm. The open body offered space for two people next to each other.

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. 87 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 115 (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. 87 (English).
  2. ↑ a b George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 115 (English).
  3. ^ Robert D. Dluhy: American Automobiles of the Brass Era. McFarland & Company, Jefferson NC 2013, ISBN 978-0-7864-7136-2 (English).