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