Tarkington Motor Car Company

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Tarkington Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1920
resolution 1923
Seat Rockford , Illinois , USA
Branch Automobiles

Tarkington Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Pehr August Peterson ran the Mechanics Machine Company in Rockford , Illinois . He made vehicle parts for General Motors . A conversation with William Durant in 1918 gave him the idea of ​​manufacturing automobiles himself. In 1919 he recruited J. Arthur Tarkington, who had extensive automotive experience with the Haynes Automobile Company , Rutenber Motor Company , Stoddard-Dayton and Kissel Motor Car Company . In January 1920 the company was founded in the same city. The factory was located near the Mechanics Machine Company. In 1921 the press was made aware of the new company. The first prototype was created in 1922 . In early 1923, it was launched at an automobile show in Chicago . The brand name was Taft .

The high capital requirement for series production was underestimated. The company was dissolved on June 1, 1923. A total of six vehicles were built.

vehicles

The vehicles had a self-made six-cylinder engine with OHV valve control . It was specified with 260 cubic inches (about 4261 cm³) displacement and 54 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 320 cm . The only body shape was an open touring car with five seats.

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. 1453 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1570 (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. 1453 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1570 (English).