Single Center
 The Single Center factory in Evansville | |
| Formerly | Single Center Spring Buggy Company |
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| Industry | Automotive |
| Founded | 1886 |
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| Defunct | 1908 |
| Headquarters | , United States |
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Single Center Spring Company was an American automobile manufacturer based in Evansville, Indiana.[1]
History[]
The company was founded in 1886 as the Single Center Spring Buggy Company[2] by Willis Copeland with partners Thomas B. Jones and J. O. St. John.[3]
Initially they manufactured springs but expanded into transmissions and carriages.[3] Starting around the turn of the century they began manufacturing automobiles against the wishes of Jones and St. John who subsequently left the company.[1]
In 1903 they manufactured an automobile designed by branded Zentmobile. Zent had operated the from 1900 to 1902 and would return to it in 1904.[3] From 1906 Single Center produced vehicles for the Windsor Automobile Company.[1]
Copeland was joined by a new partner in 1906, W. O. Worth, operator of the . From 1906 to 1908 Single Center sold automobiles designed by Worth under the Single Center nameplate.[1]
Copeland went on to found the Evansville Automobile Company in 1908.[1]
Single Center automobiles[]
There were two models of the Single Center mark sold from 1906–1908: the 12 HP and the 15/17 HP. The Single Center 12 HP was an open buggy construction while the Single Center 12/15 HP had a roadster body.[1] The latter was advertised as being "not a buggy but a racy-looking automobile runabout". Its top speed was up to 30 mph (48 km/h).
Both models were friction-drive,[2] flat-twin-engined[1] high wheelers with solid rubber tires.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g Kimes, Beverly Rae; Clark, Henry Austin, eds. (1996). Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1805–1942. Krause Publications. ISBN 978-0-87341-428-9.
- ^ a b "Single Center Spring Buggy Company". Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library Digital Archives. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ a b c d Georgano, Nick, ed. (2000). The Beaulieu encyclopedia of the automobile. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. ISBN 1-57958-293-1. OCLC 45369199.
Further reading[]
- Burgess-Wise, David (2000). Cole, Lance (ed.). The new illustrated encyclopedia of automobiles (Rev. and updated ed.). Edison, N.J.: Chartwell Books. ISBN 0-7858-1106-0. OCLC 44401900.
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