Wichita Motor Company

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Wichita Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1914
resolution 1914
Seat Wichita , Kansas , USA
Branch Automobiles

Wichita Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . The company is easily confused with the Wichita Falls Motor Company .

Company history

The company was founded in 1914 in Wichita (according to some sources Wichita Falls ), Kansas . Walter H. Ilg, Theodore H. Lane and Enio Salminen were involved. They started producing automobiles in the same year. The brand name was Wichita , possibly Wichita Falls . Production ended in 1914. In total, only a few vehicles were built.

vehicles

The only model was called the Cyclecar . However, it did not meet the criteria. The V2 engine came from the Spacke Machine & Tool Company . It had 88.9 mm bore , 93.218 mm stroke and 1157 cm³ displacement . The capacity limit for cycle cars was 1100 cc. The engine output of 9 hp was transmitted to the rear axle via a planetary gear and a long chain. The chassis had a wheelbase of 267 cm and a track width of 91 cm . The open vehicle offered space for two people in a row.

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 American Cars, Trucks and Motorcycles of World War I (accessed April 27, 2019)
  2. ↑ a b 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).
  3. ↑ 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).
  4. ↑ Marián Šuman-Hreblay: Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry . McFarland & Company, London 2000, ISBN 978-0-7864-0972-3 , pp. 304 (English).