Spacke Machine & Tool Company

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FW Spacke Machine Company
Spacke Machine & Tool Company
legal form Company
founding 1905
resolution 1921
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Indianapolis , Indiana , USA
management Daniel S. Brooks
Branch Engines

Spacke Machine & Tool Company , previously FW Spacke Machine Company , was an American manufacturer of engines and automobiles .

Company history

Fred W. Spacke founded the FW Spacke Machine Company in 1905 to manufacture engines. The seat was in Indianapolis , Indiana . Many small car manufacturers used Spacke engines around 1914/15. After Spacke's death in January 1915, his sons ran the company. They sold it in 1917 to Daniel S. Brooks, who changed the company name to Spacke Machine & Tool Company . In 1919 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Spacke in the first year , then Brook , named after the owner, but without the ending S. In September 1920 financial problems became known. Bankruptcy began in November 1920 . Production ended in 1921.

The Peters Motor Corporation took over the rights to the vehicle.

vehicles

Brand name Spacke

Spacke described the only model as a small car , others as a cycle car , although it did not meet the criteria for cycle cars . The self-made two-cylinder engine was air-cooled and developed 9/13 hp . It drove the right rear wheel via a two-speed planetary gear . There is no differential . The chassis had a wheelbase of 229 cm and a track width of 117 cm . The open roadster offered space for two people side by side. The gas tank was in the stern.

Brand name Brook

The only difference besides the brand name was the position of the tank, which was now under the hood. About 25 vehicles were made from this version.

Brand name De Luxe

De Luxe was a common brand name for Spacke motors. The name was also used for motorcycles made for Spacke by American Excelsior in Chicago between 1912 and 1915 . Other motorcycle manufacturers that used De Luxe engines included Californian , Dayton , Minneapolis, and Sears , among others .

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. 152 and p. 1362 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 199. (English)
  • 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. 1480. (English)

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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. 152 and p. 1362 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 199 and p. 1480. (English)