Yankee Clipper (car brand)

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Under the automobile brand Yankee Clipper , vehicles were built between 1953 and 1954 by the American Strassberger Motor Company in Menlo Park (California) .

vehicles

The only model Yankee Clipper was based on the contemporary Ford Crestline , whose chassis had been shortened to 2565 mm wheelbase. A GFK body from Glasspar was put over this , creating a roadster with two doors and two seats. The result looked very much like the Woodill . In the engine compartment of the tat above controlled Ford -V8 engine with 3917 cc capacity and service delivered at 4200 min -1 , a power of 130 hp (96 kW). The engine power was passed on to the rear wheels via a manual three-speed gearbox (on request: Fordomatic automatic gearbox).

The 860 kg car cost $ 3,400.

literature

  • John Gunnell: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975. Krause Publications, Iola 2002, ISBN 0-87349-461-X . (English)
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1774. (English)