WA Salter Motor Company

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WA Salter Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1909
resolution 1915
Seat Kansas City , Missouri , USA
management William Salter
Branch Automobiles

WA Salter Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

William Salter founded the company in September 1909. The company was based in Kansas City , Missouri . He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Salter . Production ended in 1915.

Salter then ran a mechanical workshop.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a four-cylinder engine with a bore of 120.65 mm , a stroke of 139.7 mm and a displacement of 6388 cc . The engine was specified with 30 hp . A two-speed planetary gearbox without reverse gear was unusual . A special device on the rear axle still made it possible to drive backwards.

The chassis had a wheelbase of 279 cm . There was a choice of a two-seat roadster for $ 1,700 and a five-seat touring car for $ 1,750.

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. 1321 (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. 1408 (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. 1321 (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. 1408 (English).