Racine Boat and Automobile Company

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Racine Boat Manufacturing Company
Racine Boat and Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1908 or earlier
resolution 1911 or later
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
management W. Sidney Sumner
Branch Boats , automobiles

Racine Boat and Automobile Company , previously Racine Boat Manufacturing Company , was an American manufacturer of boats and automobiles .

Company history

The Racine Boat Manufacturing Company of Detroit , Michigan made boats. In November 1908 the start of automobile production was announced. It ran from 1909 to 1911. The brand name was Racine . Overall, only a few road vehicles were built. In 1911 the company name was Racine Boat and Automobile Company . W. Sidney Sumner ran the company. It is not known when the company was dissolved.

Between 1893 and 1916 there was a Racine Boat Manufacturing Company of the same name . The seat was first in Racine in Wisconsin and from 1903 or 1904 in Muskegon in Michigan. The connection is unclear.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a four-cylinder four - stroke engine with an output of 22.5 hp . It drove the rear axle via a cardan shaft .

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. 1257 (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. 1257 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 236 (English).
  3. ↑ Wooden Canoe Heritage Association (accessed January 5, 2019)
  4. ↑ Coachbuilt (accessed January 5, 2019)