Model Motor Company

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Model Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1914
resolution 1917
Seat Los Angeles , California , USA
management GL Kennedy
Branch Automobiles

Model Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded on April 3, 1914 in Los Angeles , California . GL Kennedy was president. In 1915 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Kennedy . Production ended in 1917 after the USA's entry into World War I caused a shortage of materials.

vehicles

The only model was a small vehicle. It had a four-cylinder engine . The water cooler was mounted behind the engine, similar to the Renault models of that time such as. B. the Renault Type EK . The wheelbase was relatively short. The only structure was a coupé .

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. 801 (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. 819 (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. 801 (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. 819 (English).