Parsons Electric Motor Carriage Company

Parsons Electric Motor Carriage Company
legal form	Company
founding	1905
resolution	1906
Seat	Cleveland , Ohio , USA
management	John G. Parsons
Branch	Motor vehicles

Parsons Electric Motor Carriage Company was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles .

Company history

John G. Parsons founded the company in December 1905. The company was based in Cleveland , Ohio . He announced that he would still be present at automobile exhibitions in 1905. This was only possible from January 1906, when the production of commercial vehicles began . Passenger cars were added a month later . The brand name was Parsons , possibly with the addition of Electric . Production ended in 1906.

vehicles

Electric cars were on offer . The first model was a delivery truck . The chassis had a wheelbase of 178 cm . The payload was around 227 kg.

The car, however, only had a wheelbase of 168 cm. The electric motor developed 8 hp and came from the Elwell-Parker Electric Company . The engine power was transmitted to the rear wheels via a four-speed gearbox and two chains. The chassis was made of wood and steel . The setup was a stanhope . The original price was 1,600 US 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. 1153 (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. 1196 (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. 1153 (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. 1196 (English).