Universal Motor Car Company

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Universal Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1914
resolution 1915
Seat Washington , Pennsylvania , USA
management RM Paxton
Branch Automobiles

Universal Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Another source uses the Universal Motor Company name .

Company history

The company was founded in Washington , Pennsylvania in 1914 . RM Paxton was President, JH Donnan was Vice President, and JB Allison was Treasurer. They moved into the former plant of the Croxton-Keeton Motor Company . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Universal . Production ended in 1914. Everything was auctioned in February 1915.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a four-cylinder engine with water cooling . 71.4375 mm bore and 101.6 mm stroke resulted in a displacement of 1629 cc . The engine output of 18 hp was transferred to the rear axle via a three-speed gearbox. The chassis had a wheelbase of 244 cm . The only structure was a roadster with two seats. The original price was 475 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. 1490 (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. 1643 (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. 1490 (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. 1643 (English).