Carroll Automobile Company
Automotive manufacturer Lorain, Ohio; USA From 1921 to 1922.
Carroll Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles in the 1920s.
History
The company was founded in 1921 in Lorain, Ohio. From 1921 to 1922, it manufactured automobiles that were marketed as Carroll. A total of 183 vehicles were created.
There was a choice of two-seater roadster and five-seat touring car This had a six-cylinder Trego engine from the Beaver Manufacturing Company with 66 hp.
having a distinctive appearance setting it apart from all other makes is the Carroll Six, manufactured by the Carroll Automobile co Loraine, Ohio, which is different because of the fact that the engine and radiator are set back of the front axle, a distance of 7% in. The tendency of many manufacturers of late years has been to Conserve on body space by placing the radiator before the axle a few inches, thus making it possible to allow an inch or two more space under the cowl for the Rochester Six Engine where the wheelbase of the car is sufficiently long to provide for an engine set back Of the axle, without cramping the body dimensions it is possible to produce a passenger car that will have considerable ability as a road car, providing, Of course, that everything else in the design is worked out to a practical conclusion. This has been one of the aims in the design of the Carroll Six, which is produced in two models, a two-passenger roadster and five passenger touring cars, both body types being mounted on the one chassis having a wheelbase of 128 in. For the power plant of this car the Rochester six-cylinder engine, having a bore and stroke Of 31/2 by 5 in.
This engine was formerly known as the Trego engine, a design Of Frank H. Trego, but which was later purchased by the Rochester Motors Co,
hence the engine takes its new name. The six cylinders of the engine are cast in a block, having a removable head with a two-piece cast aluminium crankcase. The cylinder block is of cast iron and is held to the crankcase by a series of through bolts which pass down through the crankcase, through the heavy aluminium webbing in the case and thence through the main bearings for the crankshaft. This construction regards the crankcase merely as a spacer between and as such serves to hold the crankshaft in rigid alignment with the cylinders, tending to obviate any crankcase distortion and tending to reduce bearing wear by the rigidity of the connection between the cylinders and the crankshaft.
Specifications
ENGINE—Rochester, six Cylinders, 3 1/2in. bore, 5 in. stroke.
POWER-66 hp.
WHEELBASE—128 in.
IGNITION EQUIPMENT—Bijur starting and lighting.
IGNITION SYSTEM—K. W. magneto.
CARBURETION—Stromberg 1 1/4 in. with hot-spot manifold.
BODY STYLES—Two, a two-passenger roadster and a five-passenger touring model.
