Merchant & Evans

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Merchant & Evans
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founding 1910
resolution 1911
Seat Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
Branch Automobiles

Merchant & Evans was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was based in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Between 1910 and 1911 it turned automobiles for the Club Car Company of New York City forth. After they closed down, some vehicles were offered as Devon for their own account . Production ended in 1911.

vehicles

The vehicles had a four-cylinder engine . It made 40 hp . The chassis had a 318 cm wheelbase . The superstructures have not survived, but touring cars , landaulets , limousines , torpedoes and runabouts were created for Club 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. 451 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 317 (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. 451 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 317 (English).