Vulcan_(automobile_company)

Vulcan (automobile company)

Vulcan (automobile company)

Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer

Vulcan Manufacturing Company was an American brass era automobile manufacturer based in Painesville, Ohio, founded in 1914.[1]

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Vulcan's first products were the Model 27 speedster and five-passenger tourer. They ran on a 115 in (2,900 mm) wheelbase and had a 27 hp (20 kW) engine 3+3⁄8 in × 5 in (86 mm × 127 mm) and left-hand drive.[1] The speedster was US$750 and the tourer $850, compared to $650 for the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout.[2]

The Vulcan Power Wagon truck was produced around 1915, at least some under license by Driggs-Seabury, and was rated at three to seven tons depending on model.[3][4]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Clymer 1950, p. 135.
  2. [2]
    Clymer 1950, p. 32.
  3. [3]
    "Hemmings Motor News, December 2011". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2016-05-09.
  4. [4]
    Vulcan Power Wagon article, 1912

Sources

  • Clymer, Floyd (1950). Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925. New York, NY, US: Bonanza Books.


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