Woods Mobilette

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Woods Mobilette Company stock dated December 24, 1915
Woods Mobilette No. 3 (1914)
Woods Mobilette No. 5 (1916)

The Woods Mobilette Company was an American automobile manufacturer in Harvey, Illinois .

description

The company was founded by the Francis A. Woods brothers and manufactured automobiles from 1913 to 1916 . One source gives exactly July 8, 1913 as the date of foundation. Woods designed one of the first American cycle cars in 1910, the Woods Mobilette No. 1 . 18 months later was Woods Mobilette No. 2 , both prototypes that were powered by an inline four-cylinder engine with 12 bhp (8.8 kW). A cylinder bore of 68.2625 mm and a piston stroke of 74.6125 mm resulted in a displacement of 1092 cm³ . The engine capacity limit of 1100 cm³ for Cyclecars was just adhered to.

1913 arose Woods Mobilette No. 3 and No. 4 , Woods' first mass-produced car. The cars were equipped with a water-cooled four-cylinder engine that also produced 12 bhp (8.8 kW). Here 63.5 mm bore and 101.6 mm stroke resulted in a displacement of 1287 cm³. They had a spur gear and a cardan shaft to the rear axle. The wheelbase was 2591 mm and a two-seater roadster in tandem was available as a body. In August 1914, 1000 pieces were produced per month. At the end of 1915, production was stopped in favor of Woods Mobilette No. 5 set.

In 1916 Woods Mobilette No. 5 . The wheelbase had grown to 2642 mm and there was a fixed roof. Electric lighting and an electric starter were offered on request.

The retail price for all Woods Mobilette was US $ 380. The production figures had been falling steadily since 1914, and in late 1916 the Woods Mobilette Company ceased operations. The models announced for 1917 no longer went into production.

Models

model Construction period cylinder power wheelbase Superstructures
No. 3 / No. 4th 1913-1915 4 row 12 bhp (8.8 kW) 2591 mm Roadster 2 seats (tandem)
No. 5 1916 4 row 12 bhp (8.8 kW) 2642 mm Runabout 2 seats (tandem)

literature

  • Beverly Ray Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. Krause Publications, Iola 1985, ISBN 0-87341-045-9 . (English)

Web links

Commons : Woods Mobilette  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Automobile Quarterly Volume 45, Issue 1, pp. 86–97 (English).
  2. ^ 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. 129.