Price Belt Auto Company

Price Belt Auto Company
legal form	Company
founding	1907
resolution	1908
Seat	Chicago , Illinois , USA
management	WC Price
Branch	Automobiles

Price Belt Auto Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

WC Price tested his first car on May 5, 1907. In September 1907, he founded the company in Chicago , Illinois . He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Price . Production ended in 1908.

vehicles

The prototype had a steering lever, whereas the production vehicles had a steering wheel .

The two-cylinder engine with 12 hp came from the Beaver Manufacturing Company . It drove the rear axle via a belt, a planetary gear and ultimately via a chain. The chassis had a wheelbase of 254 cm . The choices were Runabout and Surrey . The original price was 700 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. 1247 (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. 1247 (English).
2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 232 (English).