Schaap Cycle Company

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Schaap Cycle Company
legal form Company
founding 1900 or earlier
resolution 1903
Seat Brooklyn , New York , USA
management AK Schaap
Branch vehicles

Schaap Cycle Company was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

The company was based in Brooklyn , New York City . AK Schaap managed it. He made bicycles . In addition, some automobiles were made in 1900 . The brand name was Schaap . After that, cars were repaired.

After 1903 the track of the company is lost. AK Schaap linked up with JB MacDuff.

Motor vehicles

The only motor vehicle was a three-wheeler called an automote . A bicycle frame formed the basis. There were two small wheels in front. A small two-cylinder engine drove the single rear wheel. The petrol tank allowed a range of 40 km. An additional tank was also available in the frame tricycle. The original price was 450 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. 1326 (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. 1326 (English).
  2. Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 254 (English).