Michaelson's engine

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The Michaelson Motor Company was an American engine, motorcycle and automobile manufacturer in Minneapolis . The company was founded in 1912 by the brothers Joseph M. and Walter E. Michaelson . Joseph M. Michaelson had designed a motorcycle for his employer, the Minneapolis Motorcycle Company , as early as 1909 .

description

In 1914 the company was renamed Shapiro-Michaelson Motor Car Company and began manufacturing small cars. The vehicles were referred to as cycle cars , but it is doubtful whether they met the criteria. A first prototype with an air-cooled Michaelson V2 motorcycle engine with 15 bhp (11 kW) power was built for the Minneapolis Automobile Show in 1914. The retail price should be around US $ 400.

In April 1914 Lee W. Oldfield took over the business of the company and the two Michaelson brothers left. Obviously there was never any series production.

Models

model Construction period cylinder power wheelbase Superstructures
Cyclecar 1914 2 V 15 bhp (11 kW)

literature

  • Beverly Ray Kimes & Henry Austin Clark Jr.: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 , Krause Publications, Iola WI (1985), ISBN 0-87341-045-9