Richard Carter Automobile Company

Richard Carter Automobile Company
legal form	Company
founding	1920
resolution	1921
Seat	Gulfport , Mississippi , USA
management	A. Richard Carter
Branch	Automobiles

Richard Carter Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

A. Richard Carter founded the company in Gulfport , Mississippi in 1920 . According to a press release, production should begin on December 1, 1920. The brand name was Carter . Production ended in 1921. A total of between 3 and 25 vehicles were built.

There were no affiliations with the Michigan Automobile Company and the Washington Motor Car Company , which used the same brand name.

vehicles

Carter made steam cars. The steam engines had two cylinders. The vehicles were bodied as open touring cars . They offered space for five people. The original price was 2350 US dollars .

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. 257-258 (English).
• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 250. (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. 257-258 (English).
2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 250. (English)