Buffum
The Buffum was an American automobile manufactured from 1901 until 1907 by the H.H. Buffum Co. Of Abington, Massachusetts. The company also built a line of powered launches.
Buffum
- Name
- Buffum
- Founded
- 1901
- Headquarters
- United States
- Dissolved
- 1907
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Key facts
• Name — Buffum • Manufacturer — H. H. Buffum & Co. • Production — 1901–1906 • Assembly — United States: Abington, Massachusetts • Designer — Herbert H. Buffum • Engine — cuin • Weight — NNNN • Sp — us
History
History
Buffums built between 1901 and 1904 were powered by 4-cylinder engines, until the Model G Greyhound was introduced later in 1904. The Model G Greyhound was a racing model powered by two horizontal four-cylinder engines coupled together to make a flat-eight engine. The Greyhound was the first 8-cylinder car offered for sale in the United States. In 1906 another eight-cylinder powered car was offered for sale, although this time the engine was a V8.
Models
Models
• Model — Years — Engine — ALAM horsepower — Wheelbase — Body — List price — Remarks • Stanhope — 1894–1895 — I4 — Stanhope, 2 seats • 20 HP — 1901–1903 — F4 — 20 HP — Roi-des-Belges — US$2500 — Some references report output was 16 hp. • Model H — 1904 — I4 — 28 HP — Tonneau — US$2500 • Model G — 1904 — F8 — Racing car, 2 seats — Called Model G Greyhound or Central Greyhound. 80–100 bhp (59,7–79,6 kW) depending on source. • Model E — 1905 — F4 — 12 HP — Roadster, 2 seats — US$1200 • Model E — 1905 — F4 — 12 HP — Tonneau with detachable canopy — US$1350 — Roadster with detachable Tonneau and fixed roof. • Model F — 1905 — I4 — 12 HP — Roadster, 3 seats — US$1200 • Model H — 1905 — I4 — 28 HP — Tonneau — US$4000 • Model K — 1905 — I4 — 28 HP — Touring — US$4000 • 40 HP — 1906–1907 — V8 — 40 HP — Runabout, 2 seats — US$2500 • Hall 40 HP — 1907 — V8 — 40 HP — Runabout, 2 seats
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- 1.Kapitel Buffum.
- 2.Kimes, Clark: Standard Catalogue of American Cars 1805–1942, (1996), S. 160 (Buffum)
- 3.Kimes, Clark: Standard Catalogue of American Cars 1805–1942, (1996), S. 668 (Hall)
- 4.Kimes, Clark: Standard Catalogue of American Cars 1805–1942, (1996), S. 833 (Laconia)
- 5.Bonham’s: Quail Lodge Sale; 17 Aug 2012, Lot 446: 1895 Buffum Four-Cylinder Stanhope.
- 6.conceptcarz.com: Buffum Stanhope (1895)
- 7.Louwman Museum: Buffum four cylinder stanhope (1895)
- 8.american-automobiles.com: The Buffum Automobile & The H. H. Buffum & Co.
- 9.Dluhy: American Automobiles of the Brass Era (2013), S. 6 (ALAM).
- 10.Dluhy: American Automobiles of the Brass Era (2013), S. 62
- 11.Buffum-Anzeige von 1905
- 12.Kimes: Pioneers, Engineers, and Scoundrels, (2005), S. 357
- 13.Flink: America Adopts the Automobile – 1895–1910 (1970), S. 288–290 (ALAM).
- 14.Carfolio: 1907 Buffum 8 Cylinder Runabout 40 hp technical specifications.
- 15.Kimes, Clark: Standard Catalogue of American Cars 1805–1942, (1996), S. 701–702 (Hewitt)
- 16.Grace’s Guide: Antoinette
- 17.Grace’s Guide: Adams Manufacturing Co
- 18.Georgano: Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present (1979), S. 74 (Hewitt)
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