Racine Motor Vehicle Company

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Racine Motor Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1895
resolution 1896
Seat Racine , Wisconsin , USA
management Thomas Kane
Branch Automobiles

Advert for the Kane-Pennington Victoria

Racine Motor Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles and engines . There is also the name Kane-Pennington Company .

Company history

Thomas Kane originally manufactured furniture and stationary motors in Racine , Wisconsin with his Thomas Kane & Company . Edward Joel Pennington was a tinkerer and inventor in the automotive industry and the driving force behind the Pennington car brand . In 1895 they joined forces and founded the joint company for automobile and engine production. The brand name was Kane-Pennington .

Pennington planned to take part in the Times-Herald Contest in November 1895 with four or six vehicles . A source says they didn't make it to the starting line. Another source states that they were not among the official starters. However, there are indications that two vehicles appeared at the start location but did not take part in the race. Pennington left the company in November 1895.

The vehicles did not prove themselves. Production ended in 1896.

In total, only a few vehicles were built. One source thinks that there were only two or three pieces.

vehicles

Some vehicles were open two-seaters. There were also versions as face-to-face . The base formed two bicycle frame type Damenrad . In between was a platform. Two small motors in the rear were coupled together and drove the rear axle.

Another source mentions a four-cylinder engine with 4 hp .

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. 796 and p. 1168 (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. 1205-1206 (English).

Web links

Commons : Racine Motor Vehicle Company  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e 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. 796 and p. 1168 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c d 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. 1205-1206 (English).
  3. ↑ The Decatur Herald of November 3, 1895 (English, accessed December 8, 2018)
  4. ↑ a b The Horseless Age (PDF; accessed December 8, 2018)