Manlius Motor Company

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Manlius Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1909
resolution 1910
Seat Syracuse , New York , USA
Branch Automobiles

Manlius Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

GA Fowler, MJ top and WH Topp founded the company in summer 1909. The seat was in Syracuse in the US state New York . On the other hand, Manlius is also given. The production of automobiles began for the 1910 model year . The brand name was Manlius . Production ended in 1910.

vehicles

The smaller of two models offered had a two-cylinder engine with 12 hp . The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a planetary gear and a cardan shaft . The chassis had a wheelbase of 218 cm . The setup was a runabout .

The other model had a four-cylinder engine with 28 hp, an ordinary gearbox and also cardan drive . The wheelbase was 274 cm. The open roadster offered space for two people.

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. 919 (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. 946 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 919 (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. 946 (English).