Page Motor Vehicle Company

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Page Motor Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1905
resolution 1908
Seat Providence , Rhode Island , USA
management
  • Arthur A. Page
  • Victor W. Page
Branch Automobiles

Page Motor Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1905 in Providence , Rhode Island . The owners were Arthur A. Page and Victor W. Page. In 1906 the production of automobiles began, designed by JH McHardy. The brand name was Page . Production ended in 1908. A total of 25 vehicles were built.

Victor Page later ran the Victor Pagé Motors Corporation .

vehicles

The first model had an air-cooled motor and shaft drive . The two-cylinder engine with OHV valve control developed 10 hp . The wheelbase of the two-seater runabout was 213 cm. The vehicles were right-hand drive . The original price was 750 US dollars .

In 1907 a larger model was added to the range. The four-cylinder engine developed 20 hp. The wheelbase was 254 cm.

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. 1143 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1177. (English)

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d 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. 1143 (English).
  2. George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1177. (English)