Success Automobile Manufacturing Company
The Success Automobile Manufacturing Company in St. Louis ( Missouri) in the De - ball fours Avenue 532 was an American automobile manufacturer.
History
The company was founded by John C. Higdon, who in 1896 built a car which, however, he did not want to commercialize and publicly released for copying. First, we made a high-wheeled runabout (automotive form) with 1575 mm wheelbase, the $ 250 was extremely reasonably priced for a high wheeler with a retail price of only U.S.. By comparison, the Black cost $ 375 and the Western Gale Model A U.S. $ 500 The produced in high Oldsmobile Curved Dash was for U.S. to have $ 650 and Ford's Doctor 's Car for U.S. $ 850
This Success Model A had installed an air-cooled single-cylinder gasoline engine in addition to the right-hand seat, steel wheel tires ( tires cost U.S. $ 25, - additional charge ), two-stage planetary gearbox and chain drive to the rear right wheel. Speeds of 4 mph (6.5 km / h) to 18 mph (29 km / h) were realized and the fuel consumption was 4.25 l / 100 km. Later, other models came with wheelbases up to 2438 mm to have been offered as Surrey or van.
The bargain price was not kept; later, more elaborate built Highwheeler cost up to U.S. $ 500; the sports model "F- four-cylinder engine even U.S. $ 800
Success held several patents on components of its vehicles and awarded it licenses to other small car manufacturers. The company sued the Economy Motor Buggy Company in Fort Wayne, and WH Kiblinger Company ( a predecessor of the Auburn Automobile Company in Auburn ), both competitors from Indiana in the high wheeler market on patent infringement. The Higdon was resented by his earlier consent to the copying of parts in the trade press. Sign His Success Automobile Manufacturing Company but had to insolvency in 1909, before it came to a judgment.
Until then, the company had built about 600 automobiles.
Models
Source
- Beverly Rae Kimes (ed.), Henry Austin Clark Jr.: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. Krause Publications, Iola WI, 1985, ISBN 0-87341-045-9. (English)
- Beverly Rae Kimes (ed.), Henry Austin Clark Jr.: Standard Catalogue of American Cars 1805-1942. 3rd edition. Krause Publications, Iola WI, 1996, ISBN 0-87341-428-4. (English)