Morlock Automobile Manufacturing Company

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Morlock Automobile Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1903
resolution 1904
Seat Buffalo , New York , USA
management JF Morlock
Branch Automobiles

Morlock Automobile Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Another source uses the Morlock Automobile Company name .

Company history

JF Morlock bought the remains of the dissolved Spaulding Automobile & Motor Company from the liquidator in the spring of 1903 . He started his own company in Buffalo , New York, United States . First he sold the vehicles he had taken over from Spaulding. Then the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Morlock . Production ended in October 1903 due to financial problems. In November 1903 it was found that ten vehicles were missing. In January 1904 the company was officially dissolved.

vehicles

The vehicles were similar to the previous models from Spaulding. A single cylinder engine with 6 hp was mounted under the seat and drove the rear axle. The chassis had a wheelbase of 183 cm . There was a choice of a runabout with two seats and a dos-à-dos with four seats.

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. 1001-1002 (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. 1068 (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. 1001-1002 (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. 1068 (English).