Traveler Motor Car Company

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Traveler Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1913
resolution 1914
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
management
  • FW Barstow
  • WK McIntyre
Branch Automobiles

Traveler Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

FW Barstow and WK McIntyre ran the Detroit , Michigan-based company . The engineer was JP La Vigne, who was also involved in JPL Cyclecar . In 1913 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Traveler . Production ended in 1914.

Other American automobile manufacturers with this brand name were Neustadt Automobile & Supply Company (1905), Bellefontaine Automobile Company (1907-1908), Traveler Automobile Company (1910-1911) and Taxicab Manufacturing Company (1924-1925).

vehicles

There were two models on offer. Both had a four-cylinder engine from the Beaver Manufacturing Company .

In the Model 36 , the engine developed 36 hp . The chassis had a 305 cm wheelbase . There was a choice of a five-seat touring car and a two-seat roadster .

The Model 48 had a 48 horsepower engine. The wheelbase was 330 cm. The range of bodies did not differ.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1913-1914 Model 36 4th 36 305 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1913-1914 Model 48 4th 48 330 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster

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. 1477 (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. 1607 (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. 1477 (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. 1607 (English).