Shunk Plow Company

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Shunk Plow Company
legal form Company
founding 1854
resolution 1917
Seat Bucyrus , Ohio , USA
Branch agricultural implements, automobiles

Shunk Plow Company was an American manufacturer of agricultural equipment and, briefly, automobiles .

Company history

Adam Shunk (1797-1892) founded the company in October 1854. It was based in Bucyrus , Ohio . He produced agricultural implements such as plows and wagons.

In 1908, the company made some automobiles that were marketed as Shunk .

The company was mentioned in 1917. Then the track is lost.

Motor vehicles

Highwheelers were on offer . With the big wheels they were well suited for the bad roads of the time. The vehicles had a two-stroke engine with 12 hp . It drove the rear axle via a two-speed planetary gear . One source cites the presence of a differential gear on the rear axle.

A second source confirms the brand name, the construction time, the type of vehicle highwheeler and the engine power. It is also stated that the body offered 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. 1347 (English).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 1347 (English).
  2. ↑ The Cleveland Star from Shelby, North Carolina, October 5, 1917 (accessed February 23, 2019)
  3. ^ The Evening Index from Greenwood, South Carolina, December 1, 1917 (accessed February 23, 2019)
  4. ^ Robert D. Dluhy: American Automobiles of the Brass Era. Essential Specifications of 4,000+ Gasoline Powered Passenger Cars, 1906-1915, with a Statistical and Historical Overview. McFarland & Company, Jefferson NC 2013, ISBN 978-0-7864-7136-2 , p. 117.