Vernon Automobile Corporation

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Vernon Automobile Corporation
legal form Corporation
founding 1918
resolution 1920
Seat Mount Vernon , New York , USA
management Norton L. Dods
Branch Automobiles

Vernon Automobile Corporation was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Mount Vernon , New York , in 1918 . It belonged to the engine manufacturer Able Engine Company . Norton L. Dods ran it. ME Cheney was chief engineer. In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Vernon . Production ended in 1920. The company was dissolved. However, Dods still sold existing vehicles until 1921.

The Vernon Motor Car Company used a few years before the same brand name.

vehicles

There were two models in the range. The model name included the number of cylinders and the model year . The engines came from the Able Engine Company.

In 1919 there was the Model 419 . It had a four-cylinder engine that was specified with 15.6 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 262 cm . There was a choice of Clubster with four seats, Phaeton with five seats, Roadster with two and three seats and Raceabout with two seats. The Model 819 ranked above this . It had a V8 engine that was specified with 22 hp. The wheelbase was 292 cm. Phaeton with five seats, Clubster with four seats and Roadster with two and three seats are mentioned.

From 1920 to 1921 it became the Model 420 and Model 820 . The technical data and the wheelbases did not change, only the range of bodies. The smaller model was available as a tourabout with five seats, chumabout with four seats, runabout with three seats and raceabout with two seats. The larger model was in the price lists as a Tourster with seven seats, Clubster with four seats, Sportster with five seats, Roadster with three seats and Speedster with two seats.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1919 Model 419 4th 15.6 262 Clubster 4-seater, Phaeton 5-seater, Roadster 2-seater and 3-seater, Raceabout 2-seater
1919 Model 819 8th 22nd 292 Phaeton 5-seat, Clubster 4-seat, Roadster 2-seat and 3-seat
1920-1921 Model 420 4th 15.6 262 Tourabout 5-seat, Chumabout 4-seat, Runabout 3-seat, Raceabout 2-seat
1920-1921 Model 820 8th 22nd 292 Tourster 7-seater, Clubster 4-seater, Sportster 5-seater, Roadster 3-seater, Speedster 2-seater

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. 1499 (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. 1675 (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. 1499 (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. 1675 (English).