Mercury Cyclecar
The Mercury Cyclecar Company was an American automobile manufacturer by 1914 in Detroit ( Michigan) was established in 1913 and cyclecars made . The company of William J. Marshall and RC Albertus was founded in November 1913. Already on 15 November 1913, the first Mercury was sold.
The Mercury had a self-supporting structure and therefore did not require a separate frame. The vehicle was equipped with an air-cooled two-cylinder engine of De Luxe, which developed 9.8 hp ( 7.2 kW). He had a Reibscheibengetriebe and a belt drive to the rear wheels. There was a single seater, a tandem two-seater and a small van. The selling price was U.S. $ 375, -.
The cars were probably not a great success, only the Michigan State Automobile School, a driving school, bought several cars. When the Mercury Cyclecar Company filed for bankruptcy in August 1914, the Michigan State Automobile School took over the company and announced a new sale price for the carriage of only U.S. $ 200, - at. This, too, seems to have become not a success, because at the end of the brand was gone.