White Manufacturing Company

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White Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1914
resolution 1914
Seat Pottstown , Pennsylvania , USA
management NH White
Branch Automobiles

White Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

NH White had automotive experience at Chadwick Engineering Works in Pottstown , Pennsylvania . He started his own business in Waterloo , Iowa , in 1914 . He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was initially White .

In the same year he moved back to Pottstown. There he continued production. The vehicles were now called WG . Production ended in 1914. In total, only a few vehicles were built.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It was called a cyclecar . However, it is unclear whether it met the criteria. It resembled many competing models. It had a V-2 engine with air cooling . The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a friction gear and a chain. The chassis had a wheelbase of 244 cm and a track width of 102 cm . The vehicle was bodied as a roadster . It offered space for two people side by side. The new price of the flat share was 375 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. 1534 and p. 1536 (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. 1738 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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. 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. 1738 (English).
  3. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 303 and p. 304 (English).
  4. ↑ 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. 1536 (English).