Marlboro Automobile & Carriage Company

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Marlboro Automobile & Carriage Company
legal form Company
founding 1899
resolution 1903
Seat Marlborough , Massachusetts , USA
management Orrin P. Walker
Branch Automobiles

Marlboro from 1900
Rear view

Marlboro Automobile & Carriage Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Orrin P. Walker founded the company in 1899. The seat was in Marlborough , Massachusetts . In March 1900 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Marlboro . By January 1901, 30 vehicles had been produced and sold. Production ended in 1903.

The Videx Automobile & Carriage Company took over the company, but had to give up in October 1903 without having manufactured a single vehicle.

vehicles

Steam cars were on offer . The engine came from the Mason-Neilan Regulator Company . The engine output of 5 hp was transmitted to the rear axle via a chain.

A short version with a 157 cm wheelbase was bodied as an open two-seater. An illustration shows a stanhope . There was also a version that had a chassis with a 170 cm wheelbase. Its structure offered space for four people.

The Bonhams auction house offered a vehicle that had survived several times. A price of 50,000 to 70,000 euros was expected on February 6, 2014 and from 34,000 to 45,000 euros on October 31.

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. 924 (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. 953 (English).

Web links

Commons : Marlboro Automobile & Carriage Company  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

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. 924 (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. 953 (English).
  3. ↑ Auction February 2014 (accessed August 18, 2018)
  4. ↑ Auction October 2014 (accessed August 18, 2018)