Maxim Tri-Car Manufacturing Company

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GH Bushnell Press Company
Maxim Tri-Car Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1911
resolution 1914
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Port Jefferson , New York , USA
management
  • Maxim Karminski
  • George Peters
Branch Automobiles

Maxim Tri-Car Manufacturing Company , previously GH Bushnell Press Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Mr. Bushnell, the French Maxim Karminski and the German George Peters founded the GH Bushnell Press Company in 1911 . The seat was initially in Thompsonville , Connecticut . They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Maxim Tri-Car . Plans totaled 10,000 vehicles annually.

In July 1913, Bushnell got out. The company was renamed the Maxim Tri-Car Manufacturing Company and relocated to Port Jefferson, New York State . Only Motor Car Company was previously active in the plant there. Production ended in 1914. The company went bankrupt .

vehicles

The only model was a tricycle with a front single wheel. It was similar to the German Phenomobile . The motor was mounted above the front wheel and drove it via a chain. The prototype had a single cylinder engine . In the series version, a two-cylinder engine with 8 hp was used.

The chassis had a wheelbase of 244 cm . The front bench seat offered space for two people. Then, depending on the design, there was a box for cargo or a second bench for two more people. The original price was 395 US dollars .

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. 940 (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. 979 (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. 940 (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. 979 (English).