Multiplex Manufacturing Company

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Multiplex Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1905
Seat Berwick , Pennsylvania , USA
management Darren G. Crispin
Branch mechanical engineering

Multiplex Manufacturing Company is a US company and a former manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Berwick , Pennsylvania in 1905 . It manufactured automobiles from 1912 to 1913 and from 1953 to 1954. The brand name was Multiplex .

The company is still active.

vehicles

From 1913 there was the 50 HP , designed by F. Bingaman. Its four-cylinder engine came from Waukesha Engines . The wheelbase was 340 cm (134 inches ). The choices were Raceabout , Roadster and Touring . Of these, 14 vehicles were built. One vehicle won a road race in 1913. A sporty version that only had a wheelbase of 216 cm (85 inches) remained a prototype .

Fritz Bingaman designed a prototype in 1953. It had a tubular frame chassis, an aluminum body and a four-cylinder Singer engine . Four- and six-cylinder engines from Willys-Overland and Willys Motor Company were used in the series production of the vehicle now named 186 . There was a choice of coupé and roadster. The bodies were now made of fiberglass and resembled the sports cars from Cisitalia .

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Multiplex.
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1086. (English)
  • 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. 1009 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ opencorporates (accessed March 19, 2017)
  2. ↑ a b c d e Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Multiplex.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1086. (English)
  4. ↑ Allcarindex on production 1912–1913 (English, accessed on March 19, 2017)
  5. ↑ Allcarindex on production 1953–1954 (English, accessed on March 19, 2017)
  6. ↑ Bloomberg (accessed March 19, 2017)
  7. ↑ 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. 1009 (English).