Colonial (1920 automobile)

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The Colonial was an American automobile manufactured in 1920 by the Mechanical Development Corporation of San Francisco. [1]

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The car came with a straight-eightengine; it also featured disc wheels, with an extra pair mounted at the side as spares. The body was a hardtop, calibrated so that the driver could turn it into either a sedan or a touring car simply by rearranging the windows. [1] Production models were to sell for $1800, but only the prototype was completed. [1]

Hardtop

A hardtop is a rigid form of automobile roof, which for modern cars is typically constructed from metal. A hardtop roof can be either fixed, detachable for separate storing or retractable within the vehicle itself.

Touring car

Touring car and tourer are both terms for open cars.

The Colonial is chiefly remembered today because it was the first American car to feature four-wheel hydraulic brakes. [2] The Mechanical Development Corporation announced in 1924 that the 1921 prototype would be put into production in a new $2.5 million factory which could build 12,000 cars a year, but these plans never eventualized. [2] The prototype Colonial still survives. [2]

Hydraulic brake

A hydraulic brake is an arrangement of braking mechanism which uses brake fluid, typically containing glycol ethers or diethylene glycol, to transfer pressure from the controlling mechanism to the braking mechanism.

See also

The Colonial was an American automobile manufactured in Boston by the Colonial Motors Corporation from 1921 until 1922.

The Colonial was an American automobile that was manufactured from 1920 until 1921.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Georgano, Nick (2000). The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. London: Stationery Office. p. 1792. ISBN   0117023191.
  2. 1 2 3 Kimes, Beverly Rae (1996). The Standard Catalog of American Cars: 1805-1942. Iola, IA: Krause Publications. p. 1612. ISBN   0873414284.


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