Royal Cyclecar Company

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Royal Cyclecar Company
legal form Company
founding 1915
resolution 1915
Seat Bridgeport , Connecticut , USA
Branch Automobiles

Royal Cyclecar Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Bridgeport , Connecticut in 1915 . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Royal . Production ended in 1915.

Other US manufacturers of passenger cars of the brand Royal were Royal Automobile Company and Royal Motor Company .

vehicles

The company manufactured cyclecars . The boom in the USA for this type of vehicle was already over in 1915. It was one of the smaller versions and thus also met the criteria for cycle cars.

The vehicle had a single cylinder engine that was specified with 5/7 hp . It was air-cooled . It drove the rear wheels via a friction gear and belt.

The chassis had a 191 cm wheelbase and 91 cm track . The open body with a convertible top offered space for one person. The curb weight was given as about 181 kg. The original price was 250 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. 1312 (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. 1383 (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. 1312 (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. 1383 (English).