Victor Pagé Motors Corporation

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Victor Pagé Motors Corporation
legal form Corporation
founding 1921
resolution 1924
Seat New York City , New York , USA
management Victor Wilfred Pagé
Branch Automobiles

Victor Pagé Motors Corporation was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Victor Pagé Motors Corp. from April 21, 1924 with a car model in negative pressure

Victor Wilfred Pagé had already gained experience in automobile construction with the Page Motor Vehicle Company . In 1921 he founded the company. The headquarters were in New York City and the factory in Farmingdale in the US state of New York . Pagé was president and chief engineer. In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Victor Pagé . In January 1922, four vehicles and a chassis were presented at the New York Automobile Show . From 1922 there was a plant in Stamford , Connecticut . In October 1923, some shareholders sued that they had not received a dividend. Production ended in the same year. A total of 128 vehicles were built.

vehicles

The most important model was the Aero-Type Four . It had a four-cylinder engine with OHV valve control . The engine was air-cooled and made 30 hp . The front of the vehicle was pointed, as in vehicles with pointed radiators , but the air cooling meant that there was no water radiator or grille . The chassis had a 297 cm wheelbase . There was a choice of limousine , speedster , touring car , taxi , depot wagon and a light delivery van .

The Utility Four was a simplified version with a flat front. Of these, only four vehicles were built.

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. 1501-1502 (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. 1678 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 1501-1502 (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. 1678 (English).