Randall Company

Randall Company
legal form	Company
founding	1914
resolution	1915
Seat	Quincy , Massachusetts , USA
Branch	Automobiles

Randall Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Quincy , Massachusetts in 1914 . The Wollaston Foundry Company was also in the same building . LW Newell was the general manager. In 1914, with support from Wollaston, the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Peter Pan . Production ended in 1915.

vehicles

The vehicles were called cycle cars . However, they were larger and could be described as small cars . They had a water-cooled four - cylinder engine with Wollaston OHV valve control . A bore of 69.85 mm and a stroke of 101.6 mm resulted in a displacement of 1557 cm³ . This means that the capacity limit for cycle cars of 1100 cm³ has been significantly exceeded. The engine output of 24 hp was transmitted to the rear axle via a three-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft . The grille was V-shaped.

The chassis had a wheelbase of 269 ​​cm and a track width of 122 cm . There was a choice of a two-seater roadster and a four-seater touring car . The new prices were 400 or 450 US dollars depending on the structure .

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. 1172 (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. 1209 (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. 1172 (English).
2. ↑ ^{a b} 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. 1209 (English).