Morse Cyclecar Company

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Morse Cyclecar Company
legal form Company
founding 1915
resolution 1916
Seat Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA
management Frank H. Morse
Branch Automobiles

Morse Cyclecar Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Frank H. Morse had gained experience in automobile construction with various manufacturers. After the Duquesne Motor Car Company had to give up in 1913 , he developed a vehicle himself. In 1914 a prototype was ready and extensively tested. It was not until 1915 that he founded the company in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . Series production began in the summer of the same year. The brand name was Morse . Production ended in 1916.

Other US manufacturers of passenger cars of the brand Morse were Morse , Easton Machine Company , Morse Motor Vehicle Company and Morse readio Auto Company .

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It was called a cycle car. However, it did not meet the criteria. The Spacke Machine & Tool Company supplied the engine. It was a V2 engine . 88.9 mm bore and 93.218 mm stroke resulted in a displacement of 1157 cc . The engine output of 9 hp was transmitted to the front wheels via a two-speed planetary gearbox and chains. Front-wheel drive was unusual at the time.

The chassis had a wheelbase of 267 cm . The passenger car was bodied as a tandem roadster with two seats in a row. The curb weight was around 238 kg. There was also a light delivery van . The new price was 350 US dollars regardless of the structure .

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. 1004 (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. 1080 (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. 1004 (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. 1080 (English).