Wayman & Murphy Company

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Wayman & Murphy Company
legal form Company
founding 1883
resolution 1920 or later
Seat Chicago , Illinois , USA
Branch vehicles

Wayman & Murphy Company was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

Messrs. Wayman and Murphy founded the company in Chicago , Illinois in 1883 . At first they made carriages . In 1903 the production of automobiles began . The brand name was Wayman & Murphy . A vehicle was presented at the Chicago Automobile Show in February 1903 . Motor vehicle production ended in 1904.

After 1920 the track of the company is lost.

Motor vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a 4.5 HP engine. He came from either the TJ Lindsay Automobile Parts Company or its successor, the Lindsay-Russell Axle Company . The transmission was from Champion . The bodies were own designs. The runabout body shape has been handed down .

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. 1522 (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. 1522 (English).
  2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 301 (English).
  3. ↑ John William Leonard: The book of Chicagoans (accessed April 20, 2019)
  4. ^ Proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Public Library (accessed April 20, 2019)