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Caffrey Carriage Company history
Automotive manufacturer Camden New Jersey;USA From 1895 to 1922.
Caffrey the Charles F. Caffrey Carriage Company was an early bicycle and Coachbuilder and car builder in Camden New Jersey U.S.
History
The automobile manufacturing business was contacted by Charles F. Caffrey Carriage Co. through the Morris & Salom Electric Company; this company produced with the Electrobat the first really usable electric car of the USA. Caffrey built from 1894 to 1897 the bodies of these vehicles.
In 1895 Caffrey built a single steam car to physician Dr. FL Sweaney from Pennsylvania. The vehicle had four small steam engines of 3 hp each, which each drove a wheel. Each could be controlled separately with a lever, so that between 3 and 12 hp were available; The Caffrey Steam could therefore also be driven with front or four-wheel drive.
The car was a typical High wheeler with iron-milled wooden spoke wheels. Caffrey Steam offered some innovative technical solutions. The high-quality leather boiler was heated with kerosene. This was located in the bow transverse to the direction of travel. Fuel and water tanks were invisibly installed below. The open structure with room for six people. The steam car had elliptic - leaf springs all around and large, was slowed by means of the pedal, which at the same time the fire for upon actuation of the burner extinguished.
In 1897, the CF Caffrey Carriage Company produced a number of electric taxis for the Electric Carriage & Wagon Company. The design came from Pedro Salom and Henry Morris. For the model year 1917 Caffrey supplied the factory bodies for the short-lived Biddle, a sporty luxury car, which was built in 1915-1922 in Philadelphia.
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L Burg Carriage Company history
Automotive manufacturer Dallas City, Illinois;USA From 1910 to 1913.
L Burg Carriage Company was an American wagon and car manufacturer in the 1910s from Illinois.
History
The company was founded during the Civil War in the 1800s in Dallas City, Illinois and initially produced wagons .By 1910, the first automobiles made as 3 seat Roadsters with a 112" (2845 mm) wheelbase larger 5 or 7 seat Touring cars with a 114""(3353 mm) wheelbase with 4 different body colours, red, blue, purple, and black.
The mechanical parts of the vehicle were put together from parts obtained from outside sources such as the four-cylinder model engine that came from the Rutenber Motor Company with 26-30 bhp, the chassis came from its own production as did the trim. As early as 1912, six-cylinder cars were built with 50-60 bhp. as the models K, L, M, R a six.
Burg automobiles discontinued car production by 1913.
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Brown Carriage Company history
Automotive manufacturer Cincinnati, Ohio, United States From 1916.
Brown Carriage Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles. The brand name was Brown.
History
The company from Cincinnati, Ohio has been producing horse-drawn vehicles for a long time and purchased Sechler and Company. In 1916, it entered automobile production.
The initial range offered two options a 5-passenger open touring car, equipped with a 4-cylinder engine from the LeRoi Company, with a wheelbase of 2690mm (106 inches) and priced at $735, and a commercial model that cost $675.One model was a passenger car. A four-cylinder engine. The wheelbase was 267 cm. The open touring car offered space for five people.
There was also a commercial vehicle, with LeRoi engine. In the same year 1916 ended the motor vehicle production.
There was no connection to the Brown Cyclecar Company or others, which used the same brand name.
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Buffalo Gasoline Motor Company
Automotive manufacturer Buffalo, New York;USA From 1901 to 1903.
The Buffalo Gasoline Motor Company was an early American manufacturer of internal combustion engines and automobiles in Buffalo,New York. The brand name was Buffalo.
History
The company was founded in 1899. Until 1901, the company limited itself to the manufacture of engines. Partners were Louis Langen, L. Belle Conrad and Louis A. Fisher.
In 1901, the company made an unusual entry into the automotive industry: it constructed in-house 7 horsepower four-cylinder engines in specifically developed chassis and sold the unit as a "semi-finished product." The customer was responsible for obtaining the body and other components like as gasoline and a water tank. This sales strategy failed miserably. Buffalo tried a complete car the next year, but was sued by the Electric Vehicle Company in early 1903. (EVC). As the patent holder for the Selden invention. Only two cars were completed before the business stopped producing cars in 1903.
Buffalo subsequently applied for and received such a license, but decided to completely abandon the car business. As a result, the gasoline engine business performed quite well and the company moved into larger premises in the same year.
In 1906, it was acquired by the inventor George Baldwin Selden, who had originally filed the patent and EVC legally represented. He wanted to build automobiles and commercial vehicles under his own name as Selden Motor Vehicle Company in Rochester, New York. From 1907 to 1912 cars were made then commercial vehicles were manufactured until 1930.
It had no connection with the Buffalo Electric Carriage Company or Buffalo Auto Bi Co. Which built cars in Buffalo at the same time.
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Bobbi-Kar (Bobbi Motor Car Corporation)
Automotive manufacturer USA From 1945 at 1947
The Bobby Motor Car Corporation was a post war American automaker from the 1940s. The brand name was Bobbi-Kar
History
The San Diego-based company in California manufactured automobiles between 1945 and 1947, which were marketed as Bobbi-Kar. In 1947, the company was renamed Dixie Motor Car Corporation because of legal and financial issues and moved to Birmingham, Alabama. Company founder was SA Williams.
The Bobbi-Kar was a small car available as a sedan and coupe with two doors each and a three-door station wagon. The cars were designed by BF Goodrich. The drive was originally to be a 2-cylinder 12hp air cooled engine but later cars had a side-mounted four-cylinder inline engine with 1064 cc displacement, which developed an output of 25 bhp (18.4 kW) with 65mph top speed and 40 miles per gallon.
The sedan and the estate both had an 80" wheelbase with the engine was installed in front, the rear coupe and the rear wheels total weight was under 600 lbs.
The bodies were made of fiberglass. For the coupe there was a hardtop made of steel and the station wagon had processed wood parts on the sides, so it was a "woody". The suspension worked over rubber coated torsion bars.
By 1948 moved to Kellar Motors Corporation in Huntsville, Alabama.
