American Tri-Car
The American Tri-Car was an American automobile made by the Tri-Car Co of America in Denver, Colorado, in 1912. It was a three-wheeler, with the one rear wheel being both the drive wheel and the only braked wheel. It was powered by a 13 hp, air-cooled 2-cylinder engine and used a planetary transmission.
American Tri-Car
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- 1912
- Headquarters
- Denver
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The American Tri-Car was an American automobile made by the Tri-Car Co of America in Denver, Colorado, in 1912. It was a three-wheeler, with the one rear wheel being both the drive wheel and the only braked wheel. It was powered by a 13 hp, air-cooled 2-cylinder engine and used a planetary transmission.
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It seated two and had a wheelbase of 6 ft. The company failed by the end of the year.
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1912
American Tri-Car established.
1912
American Tri-Car ceased.
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- 1.BibISBN 0873414284 Seite=47
- 2.George Nick Georgano (Chefredakteur): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1, S. 54. (englisch)
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