Ruth Automobile Company

Ruth Automobile Company
legal form	Company
founding	1907
resolution	1907
Seat	North Webster , Indiana , USA
Branch	Automobiles

Ruth Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Charlie Daniels, Mack Mock and Henry Outcelt founded the company in 1907. The seat was in North Webster , Indiana . Mock was the designer. They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Ruth as each of the three founders had a daughter named Ruth. They used a Daniels barn as a factory. Sales were limited to the local area. One buyer was a doctor from North Webster. Production ended in the same year. In total, only a few vehicles were built.

vehicles

A highwheeler was on offer . With the big wheels it was well suited for the bad roads of the time. A gasoline engine drove the rear axle via a chain. The only known body shape was an open runabout . There was space for two people. Was steered with a steering wheel .

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. 1315 (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. 1390 (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. 1315 (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. 1390 (English).