Wood Vapor Vehicle Company

Wood Vapor Vehicle Company
legal form	Company
founding	1903
resolution	1905
Seat	Brooklyn , New York , USA
management	Joseph C. Wood
Branch	Motor vehicles

Wood Vapor Vehicle Company was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles .

Company history

Joseph C. Wood had previously operated the Wood-Loco Vehicle Company . In 1903, together with CT Sauer and ES Wood, he founded the new company in Brooklyn , New York State . They started with the production of automobiles . The brand name was Wood . In 1903 the production of passenger cars ended and in 1905 that of commercial vehicles .

vehicles

Only steam cars were on offer .

The cars had a steam engine with three cylinders that developed 8 hp . The engine was mounted in the front of the vehicle under a hood . Due to its shape, the hood was similar to that of De Dion-Bouton . The kettle was placed under the frame. The solid rubber tires were 36 inches tall. The car weighed about 204 kg. The original price was 450 US dollars .

Moreover emerged vans .

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. ↑ 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).