Swift Manufacturing

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Ford Model T (1910)
Stutz Bearcat

The Swift Manufacturing Company , previously WM Manufacturing Company , was an American automobile manufacturer.

description

The WM Manufacturing Company from San Diego (California) manufactured automobiles from 1959 . The brand name was Swift . Swift Manufacturing Company of El Cajon, California later continued production. In 1960 the project was abandoned.

vehicles

There were two models of the Swift, the T , a replica of the Ford Model T from 1910, and the Cat , a replica of the Stutz Bearcat , each in 75-80% of the original size and with thin wire-spoke wheels. If the cars differed in their external appearance, their technology was the same. Both two-seat runabouts had 1676 mm wheelbases and were 2007 mm long. They were powered by a single-cylinder Clinton engine with a capacity of 136 cm³ and 3 bhp (2.2 kW) at 3600 min −1 .

The sales price of the 104 kg wagon was US $ 795. About 100 of each of the models were made.

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. 1556. (English)