Vulcan (automobile company) explained

Vulcan Manufacturing Company
Industry:Automotive
Hq Location City:Painesville, Ohio
Hq Location Country:United States
Founded:1914

Vulcan Manufacturing Company was an American brass era automobile manufacturer based in Painesville, Ohio, founded in 1914.

Vulcan's first products were the Model 27 speedster and five-passenger tourer. They ran on a wheelbase and had a engine and left-hand drive. The speedster was US$750 and the tourer $850, compared to $650 for the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout.

The Vulcan Power Wagon truck was produced around 1915, at least some under license by Driggs-Seabury, and was rated at three to seven tons depending on model.[1] [2]

Sources

. Floyd Clymer . Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925 . New York, NY, US . Bonanza Books. 1950.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hemmings Motor News, December 2011 . 2016-05-09 . 2015-09-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924025913/http://www.hemmings.com/hmn/stories/2011/12/01/hmn_feature10.html . dead .
  2. http://forums.justoldtrucks.com/PrintTopic10920.aspx Vulcan Power Wagon article, 1912