Perfection Automobile Works

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Perfection Automobile Works
legal form
founding 1907
resolution 1908
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat South Bend , Indiana , USA
management Newton C. Gauntt
Branch Automobiles

Perfection Automobile Works was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in early 1907 in Niles , Michigan . In February 1907 the company moved to South Bend , Indiana . Plans to manufacture vehicles for the Cornish-Friedberg Motor Car Company failed. As a result, own vehicles were developed. In 1907 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Perfection .

In January 1908, Newton C. Gauntt made a takeover offer, which was accepted. However, the creditors were not informed of this. Bankruptcy followed in February 1908 . Production ended that year. The production numbers remained low.

vehicles

There were two models on offer. Their engines had the same dimensions. The bore was 114.3 mm and the stroke was 127 mm.

In the case of the Four with a four-cylinder engine , this resulted in a displacement of 5212 cc and an output of 42 hp . The chassis had a 295 cm wheelbase . The only structure was a touring car with five seats.

The Six had 7819 cc and was specified with 70 hp. The wheelbase was 315 cm. It too was bodied as a touring car.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1907-1908 Four 4th 42 295 5-seater touring car
1907-1908 Six 6th 70 315 Touring car

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. 1171 (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. 1207 (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. 1171 (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. 1207 (English).