Sandusky Auto Parts & Motor Truck Company

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Sandusky Auto Parts & Motor Truck Company
legal form Company
founding 1911
resolution 1914
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Sandusky , Ohio , USA
Branch Motor vehicles

Sandusky Auto Parts & Motor Truck Company was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles .

Company history

The company was founded in Sandusky , Ohio in 1911 . It mainly manufactured commercial vehicles. In addition, some passenger cars were built . The brand name was Sandusky . Production ended in 1914. The company went bankrupt . The Akron Beacon Journal reported on it on March 3, 1914.

Dauch Manufacturing Company from the same town took over what was left of the company and made tractors .

vehicles

Only two or three cars were made.

The trucks were available in two different sizes. A 1.5 ton truck has been handed down. It had a water-cooled four - cylinder engine with a 3.75 inch (88.9 mm) bore , 5 inch (127 mm) stroke and a displacement of 3153 cc . It drove the rear axle via a three-speed gearbox. The chassis had a wheelbase of 269 ​​cm and a track width of 142 cm .

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. 1323 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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. 1323 (English).
  2. ↑ The Akron Beacon Journal of March 3, 1914 (accessed February 2, 2019)
  3. ↑ Farm Tractors (accessed February 2, 2019)
  4. ↑ The Motor Truck (accessed February 2, 2019)