Walker Motor Car Company

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Walker Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1905
resolution 1906
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
management Charles L. Walker
Branch Automobiles

Walker Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Charles L. Walker founded the company in October 1905. The seat was in Detroit , Michigan . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Walker . The company had financial problems from the start. In the first half of 1906 the company was closed.

vehicles

Only Model B was on offer . It had a two-cylinder engine . 101.6 mm bore and stroke each resulted in a displacement of 1647 cm³ . The engine developed 10 hp . The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a two-speed planetary gearbox and a cardan shaft . The chassis had a wheelbase of 198 cm . The setup was a runabout with space for two people. The maximum speed was given as 40 km / h. The original price was 550 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. 1507 (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. 1716 (English).

Web links

Commons : Walker Motor Car Company  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

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. 1507 (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. 1716 (English).