Princess Cyclecar Company

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Princess Cyclecar Company
legal form Company
founding 1913
resolution 1914
Reason for dissolution reorganization
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
Branch Automobiles

Princess Cyclecar Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Detroit , Michigan in 1913 . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Little Princess .

In 1914 there was a reorganization. The successor was the Princess Motor Car Company with the brand name Princess .

vehicles

Contrary to the company name, the offer was a small car and not a real cycle car . The vehicle had a four-cylinder engine with a 69.85 mm bore , 101.6 mm stroke and 1557 cm³ displacement . He was specified with 14/16 hp . The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a planetary gear and a cardan shaft .

The chassis had a 224 cm wheelbase . The structure was an open roadster with two seats next to each other.

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. 889 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 912 (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. 889 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 912 (English).