Modoc Motor Company

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Modoc Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1912
resolution 1914
Seat Chicago Heights , Illinois , USA
Branch Automobiles

Modoc Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The mail order company Montgomery Ward had plans in 1912 to enter the automobile business. In the same year, the Modoc Motor Company was founded in Chicago Heights , Illinois . The production of automobiles began. The brand name was Modoc , named after the Modoc Indian tribe . The lack of a workshop network turned out to be a disadvantage. Production ended in 1914. On November 27, 1914, the company was dissolved.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a four-cylinder engine from the Continental Motors Company . It was specified with 30/40 hp . Many other parts such as the frame, clutch, gearbox, steering and carburetor were also purchased. The structure was a touring car with five seats. The original price was initially 1250 US dollars and last year only 800 dollars.

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. 985 (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. 1052 (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. 985 (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. 1052 (English).