Car-Nation
The Car- Nation - often called Carnation (pun, dt: Clove ) - was an American automobile brand which from 1913 to 1914 in Detroit ( Michigan) was built by the American Voiturette Company.
The Car -Nation Roadster was a compact car with 500 kg empty weight, for U.S. $ 495 - was offered. He had a four-cylinder engine, type Herreshoff 25, and a three -speed transmission.
Car Nation also built a larger touring car model with four seats to the base price of U.S. $ 520, -. A tandem seater was advertised, but it is not clear whether more than a few prototypes of this vehicle emerged. Two roadsters and five touring cars survive today.
1912 moved the former manager of Pope- Toledo, Forest Keeton, Keeton his Towncar Works in a factory in Wynadotte (Michigan) to the shore of Lake Superior and renamed it to Keeton Motor Company. He began the construction of the first from France, influenced by the great Renault, air-cooled Keeton. This sold well enough to allow Keeton 1913 the construction of another, cheaper, European-influenced model under a new name: Car- nation. These activities were the oil magnate Charles Schaeffer is not hidden, and shortly after the introduction of the new car the short-lived car- nation Motorette Company and the previous Keeton Motor Company were united under his leadership to Voiturette American Company based in Detroit.
The hesitant market recording the unusual track of the Car- nation with 1219 mm and problems with the Herreshoff engines ensured that the company was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1914. At a public auction of the company 's assets in February 1915 Forest Keeton seems to have bought parts from the remains of the entire company, including 60 vehicles and 350 Keeton - Car- nation vehicles, and tools and thousands. However, he then moved on car repairs and never Restored an automobile.
Data of the Car- Nation Roadster ( 1913)
MOTOR type Herreshoff Cast iron in-line four cylinder with side- side valves
Capacity 2196 cc
Bore × Stroke 85.7 mm × 95.3 mm
Performance 18 bhp ( 13.2 kW ).
Main bearing 2 nickel - white metal
Fuel system Gravity, Zenith updraft carburetor, Alumium fresh gas distribution
Ignition 6 volts, Split Village Magnet
Lubrication Spray oil, submersible pump (note: Car- nation applied the pressure lubrication, but obviously none of the known cars had this system)
Exhaust system Single exhaust, steel
TRANSMISSION type Three-speed spur gear of Detroit Gear & Machine, cone clutch (Note:. Early cars had a clutch pressure plate made of aluminum, since this easily broke, later copies had a clutch pressure plate of steel )
DIFFERENTIAL type Weston- Mott, semi-rigid
STEERING type worm and sector
BRAKES type with hand lever
Up front no
Behind 1 ¼ "× 10" ( 254 mm) drum brakes; Outer band brake on the propeller shaft
CHASSIS AND BODY method of construction Separate frame made of 1/8 " channel iron, composite construction
Form 2- seater roadster, a door
Layout Front engine, rear-wheel drive
CHASSIS up front quarter- elliptic leaf springs
Behind quarter- elliptic leaf springs
WHEELS AND TIRES wheels Removable wire spoke wheels from Detroit Stanweld
Front / rear 30 " x 3 "
DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHTS wheelbase 2,667 mm
Length 3,581 mm
Width 1,448 mm
Height 1,626 mm ( 1,854 mm with roof)
Front track 1,219 mm
Rear track 1,219 mm
Tare 534 kg
CAPACITIES crankcase 3.4 ltr.
Cooling System 9.1 ltr.
Gasoline tank 38 ltr.
Transmission 3.8 ltr.
Rear axle 1.9 ltr.
REFERENCE PERFORMANCE Specific Output 8.196 bhp / ltr.
Power to weight ratio 29.67 kg / bhp
PERFORMANCE maximum speed 80 km / h
Gasoline consumption 9.4 ltr. / 100 km
PRODUCTION Car- nation, a total of 2,000 copies