Seidel Buggy Company

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Seidel Buggy Company
legal form Company
founding 1904
resolution 1920
Seat Richmond , Indiana , USA
management George E. Seidel
Number of employees 45
Branch vehicles

Seidel Buggy Company was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

John Evans, George Miller, George E. Seidel and Frank Taylor founded the company in 1904. The seat was in Richmond , Indiana . Seidel became president. They started with the production of carriages . In 1908 automobiles were added. The brand name was Seidel . In 1909 the production of motor vehicles ended. The Pilot Motor Car Company , also headed by Seidel, is considered to be the successor company in the automotive sector.

On September 27, 1913, The Richmond Item reported on the company. According to this, 45 employees produced a maximum of 2500 carriages per year. In 1912, carriages were built in 1970.

In June 1920 it was taken over by the American Seeding Company , which in turn was bought by the International Harvester Company in the same month .

Motor vehicles

The passenger cars were high wheelers . With their big wheels, they were well suited for the bad roads of the time. The open structure is described as a motor buggy . There was space for two people.

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. 1337 (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. 1337 (English).
  2. Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 257 (English).
  3. a b The Richmond Item, September 27, 1913 (accessed February 9, 2019)
  4. The Indianapolis News, June 21, 1920 (accessed February 9, 2019)