VETERAN CAR GUIDE
1903 Clément . using English-made chassis , French gearboxes , and Aster two-cylinder engines of 8 or 12hp . Larger four cylinder , Mutel-engined models were later introduced . Production ceased in 1907 .
Clément Adolphe Clément made multiple fortunes , from cycle manufacture , the purchase of the French rights for Dunlop tyre production , and motor cars . He launched the rear-engined Clément-Gladiator in 1897 , Clément- De Dion in 1898 , and the Clément-Panhard in 1900 , which had a rear-mounted 763cc , 3.5hp inclined single cylinder engine with automatic inlet valve and hot tube ignition . A reverse gear was provided in 1899 , and in 1901 , a three-seater vis à vis was added to the twoseater , when a larger 4.5hp engine was introduced along with electric ignition . Clément became Chairman of Panhard et Levassor and married Emile Levassor ’ s widow . Clément cars were made in London from 1903 under the name Talbot .
Clément-Panhard Clément-Panhard automobiles were manufactured from 1898 . Adolphe Clément was a director of Panhard-Levassor , and when the Panhard factory could not meet the production requirements for c . 500 units of the 1898 ‘ voiture Légère ’ (‘ dog cart ’) model , he undertook manufacture under licence at his factory in Levallois-Perret .
Cleveland Elmer Sperry formed the Sperry Engineering Company in 1898 , which initially manufactured lamps and mining equipment . His electric vehicles were built by the Cleveland Machine Screw Company of Ohio . From 1900 they were generally called by the name of Sperry . They were powered by a 3.5hp motor and eight body styles were available in two- and fourseater configuration with open or closed bodies . A single lever-controlled steering , acceleration , and braking ; this later became a standard feature of electric vehicles generally , but it was an innovation in 1898 .
Columbia and Columbia Electric Colonel Albert Augustus Pope made his first fortune from bicycle manufacture , and then with the expertise of Hiram Percy Maxim , set up production facilities in Connecticut , USA , for both electric and petrol vehicles . Models , generally of the two-seater runabout design , were available from 1898 . The purchase of the Riker Electric Vehicle Co . in 1900 facilitated the development of a heavy truck division . By 1903 , the Columbia range consisted of 20 electric vehicle options and a 12 / 14hp two-cylinder petrol-driven motor car , which was joined in 1904 by a 35hp four-cylinder option . Colonel Pope was involved in numerous other ventures including Pope-Hartford , Pope-Toledo , Pope- Robinson , Pope-Tribune , and Pope-Waverley .
Covert Byron Covert set out in 1902 to construct a steam car at his workshop in Lockport , New York , but the first production machine to emerge was a single cylinder , 3hp , petrol-driven runabout with chain drive . This car and its successor , now with a 5hp engine and rear axle-mounted gearbox , were both of modest size with a 1.57m wheelbase and weighing only 159kg . By 1904 , a 24hp , four-cylinder tourer was available .
Crestmobile The Crest Manufacturing Company , of Massachusetts , USA started life as an automobile component manufacturer , before launching a Crestmobile Model A
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