Scootmobile

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Scootmobile was the name of two American automobile brands .

1946

The first car with this name appeared in 1946. It was built by Norman Anderson in Corunna, Michigan . Vernon Servoss and Lester Sworthwood are also named. The three-wheeled vehicle looked like the cabin of a fighter plane , with two small wheels at the front and a tail wheel at the rear. A single - cylinder two-stroke engine that was installed in the rear and produced 12 bhp (8.8 kW) provided the drive . It stayed with a prototype .

1948

In 1948 the name reappeared. This time Jacob Affannato offered a two-seater runabout , which was also equipped with a single-cylinder engine. However, this small engine only produced 4 bhp (2.9 kW). The vehicle, which weighs only 113 kg, cost US $ 265. It is not known how many of these vehicles were sold.

literature

  • Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter Scootmobile (II).
  • 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. 1424. (English)
  • John Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publications, Iola 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X . (English)