Western Automobile Company (Illinois)

Western Automobile Company
legal form	Company
founding	1907
resolution	1908
Seat	Chicago , Illinois , USA
Branch	Automobiles

Western Automobile Company was a American manufacturer of automobiles from Illinois .

Company history

WP Hall and J. Sidney founded the company in Chicago in 1907 . In 1908 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Western . In early 1908, the company exhibited at the Chicago Automobile Show . Production ended in 1908.

There were no connections to the Western Automobile Company from Colorado or the Western Automobile Company from Washington . Other manufacturers of passenger cars with this brand name were Western Auto Parts Company and Western Carriage Works .

vehicles

Only the 18/20 HP was offered . He had a gasoline engine , the 18/20 hp was specified. The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a three-speed gearbox. The structure was a roadster with two seats and two foldable jump seats .

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. 1532 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} 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. 1532 (English).
2. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 303 (English).