Wilson Automobile Company

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Wilson Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1903
resolution 1905
Reason for dissolution takeover
Seat Wilson , New York , USA
Branch Automobiles

Wilson Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1903 in Wilson , New York , United States . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Niagara . Production ended in 1905. The La Salle-Niagara Automobile Company took over everything in the spring of 1905.

Other US manufacturers of passenger cars of the brand Niagara were Niagara Automobile Company (1901) , Niagara Motor Vehicle Company , Niagara Motors Manufacturing Company and Niagara Automobile Company (1915) .

vehicles

All vehicles had a single cylinder engine . It was mounted under the seat and drove the rear axle. From 1904 to 1904 it made 5 hp . The setup was a runabout . It usually offered two seats. The front of the vehicle could be unfolded so that there were two more seats at the front.

In 1905 the engine output was increased to 8 hp. The chassis had a wheelbase of 198 cm .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1903-1904 5 HP 1 5 Runabout
1905 8 HP 1 8th 198 Runabout

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. 1043 (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. 1113 (English).

Web links

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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. 1043 (English).
  2. ↑ 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. 1113 (English).