White Swan Cyclecar Company

White Swan Cyclecar Company
legal form	Company
founding	1914
resolution	1914
Seat	Nevada , USA
management	George W. Tibbits
Branch	Automobiles

White Swan Cyclecar Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

George W. Tibbits founded the company in the US state Nevada in early 1914 . The office was in Los Angeles , California . In the same year automobile production began, initially at a plant in Detroit , Michigan . The brand name was White Swan . There were plans to move production to a facility in Marysville , California, but these failed. 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 had a V-2 engine with air cooling . It drove the front axle via a two-speed gearbox. Front-wheel drive was unusual back then. The chassis had a 229 cm wheelbase and 142 cm track width . The structure as a roadster offered space for two people side by side. The vehicles were painted white, like a white swan .

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. 1541 (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. ↑ 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. 1541 (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).