Story (car brand)
Story was an American automobile brand.
description
The company of Tom Story was from 1950 to 1951 in Portland in Oregon resident.
The flat, two-door roadster was assembled from parts of various American mass-produced vehicles. The chassis with 2463 mm wheelbase came from Willys , the steering from Mercury . The front fenders came from Chevrolet from the previous year, the rear from the 1949 Pontiac . Ford contributed the side-controlled V8 engine with 2229 cm³ displacement and 113 bhp (83 kW) output . At the customer's request, units from Mercury, Oldsmobile or Cadillac were also available.
The result weighed 942 kg and cost US $ 3500.
literature
- John Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publications, Iola 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X . (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. 1523. (English)