Elcar and Pratt automobiles : the complete history /

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Author / Creator:Locke, William S., 1931-
Imprint:Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2000.
Description:vi, 332 p. : ill. (some Col.) ; 29 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4381031
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ISBN:0786409568 (illus. case : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-328) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Buggies, Carriages and Tack
  • 2. Self Propelled Buggies
  • 3. Pratt Automobiles
  • 4. The Pratt Motorcycle
  • 5. The Early Elcars, 1916-1918
  • 6. The Transition Years, 1919-1922
  • 7. Jitneys and Taxicabs
  • 8. The Good Years, 1923 to 1929
  • 9. Eight-In-Line
  • 10. Depression Era Elcars
  • 11. The Race Cars
  • 12. Elcar Overseas
  • 13. Innovation At Elcar
  • 14. The Lever Engine
  • 15. The Elcar Model 140
  • 16. The Elcar Motorboat
  • 17. Mercer Motors Corporation
  • 18. Elcar in Trouble
  • 19. Post Elcar Taxis
  • 20. Elcar Trailers
  • 21. Electric Elcars
  • 22. Surviving Vehicles
  • 23. Emblems, Mascots and Memorabilia
  • 24. Factory Literature
  • Appendices
  • I. Nameplates of Powered Vehicles Built at the Beardsley Avenue Plant
  • II. Pratt, Pratt-Elkhart and Elcar Model Series
  • III. Engines Used
  • IV. Factory Specification Lists
  • V. Production Data
  • VI. Company Slogans
  • VII. Dealers
  • VIII. Officers and Directors of the Elkhart Carriage and Harness Manufacturing Company and Its Successors
  • IX. Roster of Employees
  • X. Biographical Sketches
  • XI. Corporate Chronology
  • Bibliographic Chronology
  • Index