Oxford Automobile Company

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Oxford Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1900
resolution 1900
Seat Maine , USA
Branch Automobiles

Oxford Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

A few people from Boston , Massachusetts founded the company in the US state of Maine in 1900 . In May of the same year they took over the Everett Motor Carriage Company of Everett , Massachusetts. The production of automobiles began there. The brand name was Oxford . CW Jones, GF Killane and CM Randall were involved. Production ended in 1900.

There was no connection with the Oxford Manufacturing Company of Oxford , Pennsylvania , which used the same brand name.

vehicles

Steam cars were on offer . It was highlighted that the startup process should only take five minutes. The choice was a two-seat runabout for 850 US dollars , a Victoria - Stanhope for 1,000 dollars and a four-seat Family Carriage for 1,200 dollars.

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. 1103 (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. 1166 (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. 1103 (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. 1166 (English).