Nance Motor Car Company

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Nance Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1910
resolution 1911
Seat Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
management Harold B. Larzelere
Branch Automobiles

Nance Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Harold B. Larzelere, who was previously Sales Director at Chadwick Engineering Works , founded the company in September 1910. The sponsor was a Mr. Nance, who also previously worked for Chadwick. The seat was in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Automobile production began in early 1911. The brand name was Nance . Production ended in the same year. By 1917 or 1918, two vehicles were still registered in California .

Larzelere had partnered with a wealthy Philadelphia businessman named Touraine. With him he founded the Touraine Company in 1912, which later became the Vim Motor Truck Company .

vehicles

Only vehicles with a six-cylinder engine were on offer . One source indicates 35/40 hp . Another source names the designation 30/35 HP , 92.075 mm bore , 103.1875 mm stroke , 4122 cm³ displacement and 35 HP power. The chassis had a wheelbase of 310 cm . There was a choice of a touring car with five seats and a roadster with two seats. The front doors were emphasized. The touring car weighed around 1134 kg.

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. 1013 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1598 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 1013 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1598 (English).
  3. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 207 (English).