Staples (automobile manufacturer)

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Staples
legal form
founding 1899
resolution 1900
Seat Maryville , Missouri , USA
management Willis Jay Staples
Branch Automobiles

Staples was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Willis Jay Staples lived in Maryville , Missouri . There he manufactured some passenger cars from 1899 to 1900 , which he also sold. The brand name was Staples . He later ran a dealership for Chalmers Motor Car Company and Hudson Motor Car Co.

vehicles

The vehicles had a single cylinder engine with 4 hp . It drove the rear axle via belt and chain. A differential gear is specifically mentioned. The front wheels were 32 inches tall and the rear wheels were 36 inches. They were solid rubber tires . The structure was open and was called a motor buggy . The maximum speed was given as 19 km / h.

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. 1382 (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. 1382 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 271 (English).