Moody (automobile manufacturer)

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Moody
legal form
founding 1903
resolution 1905
Seat Elgin , Illinois , USA
management
  • Charles L. Moody
  • Victor Moody
Branch Automobiles

Moody was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Brothers Charles L. and Victor Moody ran a mechanical workshop in Elgin , Illinois . They started automobile production in 1903. Her brothers Andrew and Axel helped with this. The brand name was Moody . Production ended in 1905. A total of five vehicles were built.

vehicles

The first vehicle had a single cylinder engine and the last had a four cylinder engine . Many parts, including the engines, were made in-house. The bodies came from Charles Stowe.

One vehicle was driven until the 1920s.

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. 993-994 (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. 993-994 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 202 (English).