Radford (automobile manufacturer)

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Radford
legal form
founding 1903
resolution 1903
Seat Boston , Massachusetts , USA
management AL Radford
Branch Automobiles

Radford was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

AL Radford lived at 43 Columbus Avenue in Boston , Massachusetts . He made some automobiles in 1903. The brand name was Radford . At least two vehicles were built in total.

vehicles

Data is only available for two vehicles.

The first car had a four-cylinder engine with 35 hp . The structure was a touring car . The buyer was a businessman from Boston.

In the second known car, the engine developed 45 hp. The open touring car offered space for eight people. The chassis had a wheelbase of 259 cm . The total length was 396 cm. The transmission came from Upton . Tires and silencers were also bought. Radford made everything else himself. This vehicle was also bought by a Boston businessman.

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. ↑ a b 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. ↑ a b Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 236 (English).