Twombly (cyclecar)
The Twombly Car Corporation was an American automobile manufacturer in New York City. 1913-1915 Cycle cars and small cars under the name Twombly were driven there. Founder of the company was Willard I. Twombly, who had twice before tried unsuccessfully to build cars in New York. His company had been closed again each after less than a year.
First, the car of Driggs - Seabury were built in Sharon (Pennsylvania), from 1915 at its factory of the company in New York City. They had water-cooled engines, first with two from 1914 with four cylinders. The Twombly was equipped with an underslung frame and had two consecutive seats. The 1913 offered two-cylinder model with Reibscheibengetriebe and double chain drive to the rear wheels cost $ 350. In the following year there was a four-cylinder with a slightly larger wheelbase for the price of 395 U.S. $.
In 1915, Twombly tried to ordinary cars with four seats. The four-cylinder engine was stronger and there was now a two-seater runabout ( with seats next to each other! ), A four-seater touring car and a taxi. Success was not granted the company, because the cars sold so bad that the financier, a former priest named Dr. Stuart Dodge, without consultation with Twombly in February filed for bankruptcy in 1915.
Today there are only a few examples of Twombly vehicles.