Vulcan (automobile company)

Vulcan Manufacturing Company was a brass era American automobile manufacturer based in Painesville, Ohio, founded in 1914.[1]

Vulcan's first products were the Model 27 speedster and five-passenger tourer. They ran on a 115 in (2,900 mm) wheelbase and had a 27 hp (20 kW) engine (3⅜×5-inch, 86×127 mm) and left-hand drive.[1] The speedster was US$750, the tourer US$850, compared to US$650 for the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout[2] US$500 for Western's Gale Model A[3] and Ford Model N, US$485 for a Brush Runabout,[4] as low as $375 for the Black,[5] and US$250 for the Success.[2]

The Vulcan Power Wagon truck was produced circa 1915, at least some under license by Driggs-Seabury, and was rated at three to seven tons depending on model.[6][7]

Notes
  1. Clymer 1950, p. 135.
  2. Clymer 1950, p. 32.
  3. Clymer 1950, p. 51.
  4. Clymer 1950, p. 104.
  5. Clymer 1950, p. 61.
  6. Hemmings Motor News, December 2011
  7. Vulcan Power Wagon article, 1912

Sources
  • Clymer, Floyd (1950). Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925. New York, NY US: Bonanza Books.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

See also


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