Tiffany Electric Company

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Tiffany Electric Company
legal form Company
founding 1913
resolution 1914
Reason for dissolution reorganization
Seat Flint , Michigan , USA
management C. Leroy Pelletier
Branch Automobiles

Tiffany Electric Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Another source uses the name Tiffany Electric Car Company.

Company history

C. Leroy Pelletier bought the bankrupt Flanders Manufacturing Company in 1913 and founded his own company. The headquarters and plant were in Flint , Michigan . He manufactured automobiles between October 1913 and March 1914. The brand name was Tiffany , possibly with the addition of Electric .

Then a reorganization led to the Flanders Electric Company in Pontiac .

vehicles

Electric cars were on offer . The chassis had a wheelbase of 254 cm . There were the versions Mignon and De Luxe . Both had closed superstructures. In December 1913, a Bijou called a Roadster added to the range. There was space for two people. The price of $ 750 was cheap for an electric car.

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. 1469 (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. 1592 (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. 1469 (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. 1592 (English).