Rollsmobile

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Oldsmobile Curved Dash (1903)
Ford Model A (1903)

Rollsmobile was an American automobile brand.

description

The Starts Manufacturing Company in Fort Lauderdale, Florida manufactured vehicles of this brand between 1958 and 1960. In 1960, the Horseless Carriage Corporation took over manufacturing at the same location. Production ended in the same year.

vehicles

Two models were offered: the Olds Runabout was a replica of a 1901 Oldsmobile Curved Dash, and the Ford Runabout was similar to a turn-of-the-century Ford . Both models had a scale of 1: 1.33 and had the same mechanics. A side-controlled single - cylinder engine from the Continental Motors Company with 138 cm³, which developed 3 bhp (2.2 kW) at 3600 min −1 , was used for the drive . This enabled a maximum speed of 60 km / h to be achieved. Consumption was a phenomenal 2.35 L / 100 km.

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. 1354. (English)

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