Rockaway Automobile Company

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Rockaway Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1903
resolution 1904
Seat Rockaway , New Jersey , USA
Branch Automobiles

Rockaway Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1903 in Rockaway , New Jersey . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Rockaway , unofficially also Rambler or Rockaway Rambler . Vehicle production ended in 1904. After that there were still attempts to manufacture starters .

There was no connection to Mohler & Degress from New York City , which also offered vehicles as Rockaway between 1902 and 1903 .

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a single cylinder , four stroke engine that was originally developed for boats . It drove the rear axle via a chain. The open structure offered space for two people. The original price was 650 US dollars in the first year and 700 dollars in the second year.

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. 1303 (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. 1347 (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. 1303 (English).
  2. ↑ 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. 1347 (English).