Turner Automobile Company

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Turner Automobile Company
legal form Limited
founding 1901
resolution 1903
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
management George T. Turner
Branch Automobiles

Turner Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

George T. Turner founded the company in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania in 1901 . In the summer of the same year, the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Turner . Production ended in the summer of 1903. The company went bankrupt .

vehicles

There were two small cars on offer. One was named Lilliputian . It had a single cylinder engine with 1.25 hp that was mounted under the seat and powered the rear axle. The transmission had a forward and a reverse gear. The basis was a lightweight tubular frame. The wheelbase was 130 cm and the track width 91 cm. The car offered space for two people side by side. The single front wheel of the tricycle was steered with a steering lever.

The gadabout was slightly larger and had four wheels. The wheelbase was 229 cm, the track 102 cm. The engine developed 3 hp.

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. 1483 (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. 1630 (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. 1483 (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. 1630 (English).