Union City Carriage Manufacturing Company

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Union City Carriage Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding around 1900
resolution 1916 or later
Seat Union City , Indiana , USA
Branch vehicles

Union City Carriage Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

The company was founded in Union City , Indiana , around 1900 . It made carriages . In 1916 the production of automobiles began . The brand name was Union City Six . Motor vehicle production ended in 1916.

There is evidence that the Auburn Automobile Company later took over the company. The connection to the Union City Body Company is unclear.

Motor vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a six-cylinder engine that was specified with 48/52 hp . A maximum speed of 88 km / h should have been possible with this. The chassis had a 305 cm wheelbase . The structure was an open touring car . Depending on the source, it offered space for five or seven people.

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. 1487 (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. 1642 (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. 1487 (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. 1642 (English).