Wood-Loco Vehicle Company

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Wood-Loco Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1901
resolution 1903
Seat Cohoes , New York , USA
management Joseph C. Wood
Branch Automobiles

Wood-Loco Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

In 1900, Joseph C. Wood and his brother ran a new and used furniture store in Worcester , Massachusetts . He also experimented with automobiles. In October 1900 he sold the business. In 1901 he founded the new company in Cohoes , New York State, together with some local business people . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Wood-Loco . Production ended in 1902. In 1903 the company was dissolved.

In 1903, Wood founded the Wood Vapor Vehicle Company and again manufactured motor vehicles .

vehicles

Only steam cars were on offer . The steam engine had two cylinders and developed 8 hp . It was mounted under the seat and drove the rear axle. One source mentions Runabout in the seating arrangement vis-à-vis with space for five people and a delivery van . Another source cites a two-seat runabout, a five-seat dos-à-dos , and a delivery truck.

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. 1565 (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. 1764 (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. 1565 (English).
  2. ↑ a b 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. 1764 (English).