Rockefeller Sports Car

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The Rockefeller Sports Car Corporation was an American automobile manufacturer from 1949 to 1954 in Rockville Center (New York) was established.

The Rockefeller is known as a roadster with two doors and four seats. It was based on contemporary Ford models. From them he took over both the (shortened) chassis and the engines. The wheelbase of the car was 2540 mm and its total length was 4318 mm. The body designed by Warren Shiber was made of fiberglass .

The carriage of a powered side valve Ford -V8 engine with 3923 cc capacity, of 1949 to 1951, a power of 100 hp (74 kW) at 3400 min -1 mobilized and 1952 to 1954, a power of 110 hp (81 kW) at 3600 min −1 . On request, the car was also delivered without an engine, so that the customer could choose an engine at their own discretion. The body without a chassis was also available on its own.

The 407 kg car was offered in its entirety at a price of US $ 4,000.

literature

  • John Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publications, Iola 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X . (English)
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1347. (English)