Pacific Motor Vehicle Company

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Pacific Motor Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1900
resolution 1904
Seat Oakland , California , USA
Branch Automobiles

Pacific Motor Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Hiram T. Bradley was an engineer in Oakland , California . He completed his first car in the summer of 1900. As a result, the company was founded in September 1900 in the same city. Bradley's father, John T. Bradley, JL Doble, L. Luther Doble, JB McChesney, and JF Smith were involved. The production of automobiles began. The brand name was Pacific . In early 1903 L. Luther Doble was arrested for breaking and entering. In the same year there were plans to expand production in another factory, which apparently were not carried out. Most recently, the vehicles were only available to order. Production ended in 1904.

There was no association with the Pacific Automobile Company and the Portland Cyclecar Company , which used the same brand name.

vehicles

Vehicles with gasoline engines and electric cars were planned . But there is no evidence that electric cars actually emerged.

The first vehicle had a two-cylinder engine with 5.5 hp . The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a chain. The curb weight was around 435 kg, including gasoline and water for 128 km. An illustration shows a runabout .

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. 1104 (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. 1104 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 219 (English).