Prescott Automobile Manufacturing Company

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Prescott Automobile Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1901
resolution 1905
Seat New York City , New York , USA
management AL Prescott
Branch Automobiles

Prescott Automobile Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1901. The headquarters were in New York City and the factory in Passaic , New Jersey . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Prescott . Production ended in 1905. AL Prescott was president, at least in the year of the dissolution.

vehicles

Steam cars were on offer . They had a steam engine with two cylinders and 7.5 hp . It drove the rear axle via a chain. The chassis had a wheelbase of 173 cm . A special feature was an air pump powered by steam to inflate the tires.

From 1901 to 1902 there was the Model No. 1 . The setup was an open runabout .

From 1903 to 1905 no model designation has survived. In addition to the two-seater, there was a four-seater runabout, which had a fold-out bench at the front, as well as an open-top runabout and a Victoria-top runabout.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1901-1902 Model No. 1 2 7.5 173 Runabout
1903-1905 2 7.5 173 Runabout 2-seater and 4-seater, open-top runabout, Victoria-top 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. 1246 (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. 1266 (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. 1246 (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. 1266 (English).