Western Motor Truck & Vehicle Company

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Western Motor Truck & Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1900
resolution 1906
Seat Chicago , Illinois , USA
Branch Automobiles

Western Motor Truck & Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company from Chicago , Illinois experimented with motor vehicles from 1900 . One source thinks that it is possible that from this time individual passenger cars were sold as Westerns . It was not until 1905 that the series production and marketing of automobiles began, which came on the market as Beebe . In 1906 a single truck was also built . Production ended in the same year.

There was no association with Baldwin & Beebe , which used the same brand name.

vehicles

Model E appeared first . It had a two-cylinder two - stroke engine from Wats with an output of 30 hp . The engine power was transmitted via a friction gear . The maximum speed was given as 64 km / h. What was unusual was that the engine could be started with the push of a button. The wheelbase was 254 cm. One source names a touring car .

The model Issue No. According to a source, 3 did not appear until model year 1906. It had a smaller two-cylinder engine with 14 hp. This was also a two-stroke engine from Wats . The chassis had a wheelbase of 203 cm. The open runabout offered space for two people.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1905-1906 Model E. 2 30th 254 Side entrance tonneau
1905-1906 Issue No. 3 2 14th 203 Runabout

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. 112 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 141. (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. 112 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 141. (English)