Mayfair Manufacturing Company

Mayfair Manufacturing Company
legal form	Company
founding	1925
resolution	1925
Seat	Boston , Massachusetts , USA
Branch	Automobiles

Mayfair Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

WS Carruthers, MK Coates and Frank L. Hamilton founded the company in 1925. Jesse J. Billington was also involved. The seat was in Boston , Massachusetts and the plant in the Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain . They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Mayfair . Plans totaled 3,000 vehicles annually. Production ended in the same year. A total of around ten vehicles were built.

vehicles

The base of the vehicles formed a chassis from Ford Model T with 254 cm wheelbase . The original four-cylinder engine with 20 hp was retained. The main technical difference was a disc clutch and an ordinary three-speed transmission. The grille was replaced. The fuel tank was in the stern. The vehicles were built 14 cm lower. The only structure was a sedan with three doors. An illustration shows two doors on the right. Behind it was an oval window.

The original price was 485 US dollars . By comparison, Ford was asking $ 100 more for a new sedan.

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. 945 (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. 983 (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. 945 (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. 983 (English).