William Galloway Company

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William Galloway Company
legal form Company
founding 1905 or 1906
resolution 1920
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Waterloo , Iowa , USA
management William Galloway
Branch agricultural implements, engines , automobiles

William Galloway Company was an American manufacturer of agricultural implements, engines, and automobiles .

Company history

William Galloway founded the company in Waterloo , Iowa , in 1905 or 1906 . At first he manufactured equipment for agriculture . Motors were added. In 1908 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Galloway . From 1910 there was a collaboration with the Mason Motor Company . In 1911, the production of motor vehicles with its own brand name ended.

Then there was a connection to darts . From 1916 to 1917 the company manufactured Arabian vehicles .

Bankruptcy followed in 1920 .

Galloway then founded The Galloway Company in the same town, which existed until 1927.

Motor vehicles

Passenger cars

The model from 1908 to 1910 was a high wheeler . The front tires were 32 inches and the rear 36 inches. It had a two - cylinder four-stroke engine . One display shows a 107.95 mm bore and 127 mm stroke . That results in a displacement of 2325 cm³ . The engine was rated at 14 or 14.4 hp, but according to the manufacturer, it had 18 to 22 hp . It drove the rear axle via a two-speed gearbox and a chain. The chassis had a wheelbase of 216 cm and a track width of 142 cm . Solid rubber tires were typical for high wheelers . The open superstructure offered either space for four people or for two people and cargo. The original price was 570 US dollars .

In 1911 a lower model followed, based on a Mason vehicle. The two-cylinder engine had 128.524 mm bore, 127 mm stroke and 3295 cc displacement. The engine developed 20 hp. The wheelbase was 254 cm. The curb weight was given as almost 800 kg. Are called Model A , Model B and Model C . They were open touring cars with space for five people.

A source also cites a model with a four-cylinder engine and a touring car body based on a Maytag model.

Tractors

There were two different types to choose from. One was the Farmobile Model 12-20 . The four-cylinder engine had a displacement of around 5.2 liters. The wheelbase was 236 cm, the length 457 cm, the width 243 cm and the height 182 cm. One surviving vehicle was auctioned for $ 73,500 in 2017.

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. 625 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 604 (English).

Web links

Commons : William Galloway Company  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e 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. 625 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c d George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 604 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c d e American Automobiles (accessed May 11, 2019)
  4. ↑ a b Auction for a tractor on April 22, 2017 (English, accessed on May 11, 2019)
  5. ^ A b Robert D. Dluhy: American Automobiles of the Brass Era. Essential Specifications of 4,000+ Gasoline Powered Passenger Cars, 1906-1915, with a Statistical and Historical Overview. McFarland & Company, Jefferson NC 2013, ISBN 978-0-7864-7136-2 , p. 80.
  6. ↑ a b Traktordata (English, accessed on May 11, 2019)