Whyland-Nelson Motor Car Company

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Whyland-Nelson Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1911
resolution 1913
Seat Buffalo , New York , USA
management Frank V. Whyland
Branch Automobiles

Whyland-Nelson Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Another source confirms the brand name and the period, but not the company name.

Company history

Frank V. Whyland had experience in automobile manufacturing at the Berkshire Auto-Car Company . At the end of 1911, he founded the company in Brooklyn , New York State . He became president and his partner Joel Nelson became general manager. In 1912 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Whyland-Nelson . Production ended in 1913. In total, only a few vehicles were built.

Whyland founded FV Whyland & Company in 1914 .

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a gasoline engine . It was called a light touring car . The rear seats could easily be removed so that the vehicle could then be used as a delivery van .

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. 1542 (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. 1740 (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. 1542 (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. 1740 (English).
  3. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 304 (English).