Taunton Motor Carriage Company

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Taunton Motor Carriage Company
legal form Company
founding 1904
resolution 1905
Seat Taunton , Massachusetts , USA
Branch Automobiles

Taunton Motor Carriage Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1904 in Taunton , Massachusetts . It moved into the factory in which the Taunton Automobile Company previously operated . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Taunton . In 1905 the company moved within the city. Vehicle production ended later in the year.

A reorganization led to the Taunton Motor Manufacturing Company , which only manufactured engines .

vehicles

The vehicles had a single cylinder engine with 7 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 173 cm . The setup was a runabout . It offered two seats and two folding emergency seats in the front of the vehicle. Was steered with a steering lever. The original price was 850 US dollars .

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. 1454 (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. 1577 (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. 1454 (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. 1577 (English).