Marble-Swift Automobile Company

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Marble-Swift Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1903
resolution 1905
Seat Chicago , Illinois , USA
management
  • George W. Marble
  • George P. Swift
Branch Automobiles

Marble-Swift Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

George W. Marble and George P. Swift founded the company in 1903. The seat was in Chicago , Illinois . They started producing automobiles and power trains. The brand name was Marble-Swift . Production ended in 1905.

The Windsor Automobile Company succeeded.

vehicles

From 1903 to 1904 there was a small model with a two-cylinder engine . It made 16 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 211 cm . The only setup was a runabout for two people. The original price was 1050 US dollars .

In 1905 a larger model appeared. Its four-cylinder engine was specified with 18/22 hp. The wheelbase was 229 cm. The open touring car offered space for five people.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1903-1904 Two 2 16 211 Runabout 2-seater
1905 Four 4th 18/22 229 5-seater 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. 921 (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. 948 (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. 921 (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. 948 (English).