Vickers Auto Car Company

Vickers Auto Car Company
legal form	Company
founding	1910
resolution	1911
Reason for dissolution	Bankrupt
Seat	Coshocton , Ohio , USA
Branch	Automobiles

Vickers Auto Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Carl Vickers had manufactured his first vehicle in March 1910. Together with the financier EH McMasters, he founded the company in May 1910. The seat was in Coshocton , Ohio . The production of automobiles began. The brand name was Vickers . Production ended in 1911 when it went bankrupt . In total, only a few vehicles were built.

vehicles

The vehicles had a self-made engine. It was a four-cylinder , two-stroke , air-cooled engine . He was specified with 20/24 hp . The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a cardan shaft . The chassis had a wheelbase of 244 cm . The structure is sometimes referred to as a runabout and sometimes as a roadster . The original price was 650 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. 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. 1677 (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. 1677 (English).