Robie
The Brass era Robie cyclecar was manufactured by the Robie Motor Car Company in Chicago, Illinois in 1914.
Robie
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- Robie Motor Car Company
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The Brass era Robie cyclecar was manufactured by the Robie Motor Car Company in Chicago, Illinois in 1914.
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• Name — Robie Motor Car Company • Industry — Automotive • Founder — Fred G. Robie • Fate — closed • Hq Location — Chicago, Illinois • Hq Location Country — United States • Products — Cyclecars • Production Year — 1914
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The Robie used a 4-cylinder Perkins engine of 1.6 liters. It was a side-by-side two-seater. It had a rounded radiator with a streamline body and disc wheels. The Robie was priced at $450,. The car was guaranteed to go 45mph and 45mpg of gasoline. Fred G. Robie had been in the automobile accessories business before building his cyclecar. The Robie was built by Massnick-Phipps Manufacturing company in Detroit Michigan. Robie planned to have a second generation of his cyclecar built by Pullman in York, Pennsylvania, but his money ran out.
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- 1.Zu beachten ist, dass damals in den USA Angaben zu Bohrung und Hub als Bruchzahl erfolgten und der Nenner eine Potenz von 2 war, also 2, 4, 8, 16 oder 32. 4,0938 wäre als Bruch , ist also weit vom damals Üblichen entfernt.
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- 3.1343.
- 4.530.
- 5.George Nicholas Georgano: Autos. Encyclopédie complète. 1885 à nos jours. Courtille, Paris 1975, S. 531 (französisch).
- 6.Kapitel Robie.
- 7.Robert A. Dluhy: American Automobiles of the Brass Era. McFarland & Company, Jefferson 2013, ISBN 978-0-7864-7136-2, S. 115 (englisch).
- 8.Auf earlyamericanautomobiles.com, abgerufen am 23. Januar 2022 (englisch).
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