Tivy Cycle Manufacturing Company

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Tivy Cycle Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1898
resolution 1903
Reason for dissolution reorganization
Seat Williamsport , Pennsylvania , USA
management Lafayette Maxwell
Branch vehicles

Tivy Cycle Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

The company was based in Williamsport , Pennsylvania . In 1898 the production of bicycles began . In 1901 the prototype of an automobile was added, designed by Harry Rantz. Series production followed in 1902. The brand name was Tivy . In 1903 the production of all vehicles ended.

A reorganization resulted in the L. Maxwell Company .

Motor vehicles

Only steam cars were on offer . The body shape was an open runabout . Was steered with a steering lever. The original price was 800 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. 1471 (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. 1594 (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. 1471 (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. 1594 (English).
  3. ↑ Bicycle Brands (accessed March 30, 2019)