Shaw Manufacturing Company

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Shaw Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1903
resolution 1962
Seat Galesburg , Kansas , USA
management Stanley Shaw
Branch vehicles

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Shaw Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

Stanley Shaw founded the company in Galesburg , Kansas in 1903 . First he made motorized bicycles and later motorcycles . In 1920 the production of automobiles began . The brand name was Shaw . In 1930 car production ended. After that, lawnmowers and garden tractors were created. In 1962 Shaw sold the company to Brush Hog .

Other US manufacturers of passenger cars of the brand Shaw were JE Shaw & Company and Walden W. Shaw Livery Company .

vehicles

The only model was a buckboard . It had a small 2.5 hp engine. Some of these engines were made in-house, others bought from Briggs & Stratton . The engine power was initially transferred to the rear axle via a chain or belt. Cardan drive was available from 1926 . The open body is known as a speedster or runabout . It offered space for two people. Shaw emphasized that it was an adult car, although it was perceived as a children's car due to its small size.

After 1930 only kits for this model were sold.

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. 1345 (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. 1441 (English).

Web links

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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. 1345 (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. 1441 (English).