National Screw and Tack Company

National Screw and Tack Company
legal form	Company
founding	1889
resolution	20th century
Reason for dissolution	takeover
Seat	Cleveland , Ohio , USA
Branch	also automobiles

National Screw & Tack Company was an American company.

Company history

The company was founded in Cleveland , Ohio in 1889 . It made screws and thumbtacks . William R. Hines, who had been experimenting with automobiles since 1902 , became the company's chief engineer in 1908. He started producing automobiles in cooperation with the Moehlhauser Machine Company from the same city. The brand name was Hines , although Hinescar has also been passed down unofficially . Production ceased in 1910. In total, only a few vehicles were built.

The company was later acquired by Monogram Aerospace Fasteners .

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a water-cooled four-cylinder - two-stroke engine . 114.3 mm bore and 11.6 mm stroke resulted in 417 cm³ displacement . The rear axle was driven by a three-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft. The chassis had a wheelbase of 269 ​​cm . It was designed as an open touring car with space for five people.

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. 705 (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. 694 (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. 705 (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. 694 (English).
3. ↑ ^{a b} Canadian Manufacturing (accessed April 21, 2018)