Pope Tribune

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Pope-Tribune 6 HP from 1903 in the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu.
Pope Tribune during the 2009 London to Brighton Veteran Car Run .

Pope-Tribune was an American car brand that was manufactured in Hagerstown, Maryland from 1904 to 1908 . The factory originally belonged to the Crawford Bicycle Company , which was part of Colonel Albert A. Popes Bicycle Trust . Harold Pope, a son of Albert Pope, directed the plant.

description

In 1904, an initially was single cylinder - runabout built, which for 650 US dollars was sold. Pope-Tribune was thus the cheap brand in the Pope empire. In the following year, a four-seater tonneau was added, which was equipped with a two-cylinder engine and was also offered for less than 1,000 US dollars. In 1907 the single and two-cylinder models had disappeared, and the Model X with a 20-bhp four-cylinder engine (14.7 kW), available as a runabout or touring car , already cost $ 1,750.

In 1908 the cars got bigger and more expensive, but customers were no longer interested in the brand. The factory had never turned a dollar in profit, so Pope decided to stop production and sell the factory (at a loss!) To the Montrose Metal Gasket Company , a manufacturer of metallic gaskets.

Models

model Construction period cylinder power wheelbase
I / II 1904-1905 1 6 bhp (4.4 kW) 1651 mm
IV 1905 2 row 12 bhp (8.8 kW) 2083 mm
V / VI 1906 2 row 14 bhp (10.3 kW) 2159 mm
X 1907-1908 4 row 20 bhp (14.7 kW) 2413 mm
M. 1908 4 row 30 bhp (22 kW) 2743-2845 mm

literature

  • Beverly Ray Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr.: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. , Krause Publications, Iola WI 1985, ISBN 0-87341-045-9 .

Web links

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