WCP Taxicab Company

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WCP Taxicab Company
legal form Company
founding 1909
resolution 1912
Reason for dissolution Parent company bankruptcy
Seat New York City , New York , USA
management
  • CF Wyckoff
  • IT Partridge
Branch Automobiles

WCP Taxicab Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in New York City in early 1909 . It belonged to Wyckoff, Church & Partridge , which imported vehicles from Decauville . The people named are CF Wyckoff and ES Partridge, but no Mr. Church. In the same year the production of automobiles began in cooperation with the Bristol Engineering Company . The brand name was WCP . Finished vehicles have been delivered from June 1909. Production ended in 1912 when the parent company went bankrupt .

vehicles

On offer were taxis that were used in New York City. The superstructures were landaulet . The vehicles were left-hand drive .

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. 1524 (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. 1524 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 301 (English).