WFS Motor Car Company

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WFS Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1911
resolution 1912
Seat Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
management WF Shetzline
Branch Automobiles

WFS Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

WF Shetzline was an electrical engineer. In 1911 he founded the company in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was WFS . Production ended in 1912.

vehicles

In 1911 there was only the 25 HP . It had a four-cylinder engine that made 25 hp . 104.775 mm bore and 133.35 mm stroke resulted in a displacement of 4599 cc . The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a three-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft . The chassis had a wheelbase of 284 cm . There was a choice of touring cars with five seats, runabouts with four seats, roadsters with two seats and a limousine .

The 40 HP followed in 1912 . The four-cylinder engine now had 114.3 mm bore, 139.7 mm stroke and 5734 cm³ displacement. The engine output was specified as 40 hp. The wheelbase was 300 cm. Model A was a roadster, Model B was a gunboat with four seats, Model C was a touring car with five seats, Model D was a raceabout, and Model E was a sedan. It was unusual for 1912 to stick to right-hand drive , after almost all competitors had already switched to left-hand drive.

Model overview

year model execution cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1911 25 HP 4th 25th 284 5-seater touring car, 4-seater runabout, 2-seater roadster, limousine
1912 40 HP Model A 4th 40 300 Roadster
1912 40 HP Model B 4th 40 300 Gunboat 4-seater
1912 40 HP Model C 4th 40 300 5-seater touring car
1912 40 HP Model D 4th 40 300 Raceabout
1912 40 HP Model E. 4th 40 300 limousine

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. 1533-1534 (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. 1736 (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. 1533-1534 (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. 1736 (English).