Milwaukee Cyclecar Company

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Milwaukee Cyclecar Company
legal form Company
founding 1914
resolution 1914
Seat Milwaukee , Wisconsin , USA
Branch Automobiles

Milwaukee Cyclecar Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The brothers Charles J. and Stanley Eigel and Samuel P. Carroll founded the company in 1914. The seat was in Milwaukee , Wisconsin . The production of automobiles began. Based on Billiken , they were marketed as Billiken . There were plans to move the headquarters to De Pere , Wisconsin or West Sacramento , California , but they were not implemented. Production ended in the same year. The number of vehicles produced remained small.

vehicles

The only model is called a cyclecar , although it does not meet the criteria. A four-cylinder engine with a displacement of 1600 cc and 12 HP power drove the rear axle via a planetary gear and a cardan shaft .

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. 125 (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. 165. (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. 125 (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. 165. (English)