Buffalo Gasoline Motor Company
Automotive manufacturer Buffalo, New York;USA From 1901 to 1903.
The Buffalo Gasoline Motor Company was an early American manufacturer of internal combustion engines and automobiles in Buffalo,New York. The brand name was Buffalo.
History
The company was founded in 1899. Until 1901, the company limited itself to the manufacture of engines. Partners were Louis Langen, L. Belle Conrad and Louis A. Fisher.
In 1901, the company made an unusual entry into the automotive industry: it constructed in-house 7 horsepower four-cylinder engines in specifically developed chassis and sold the unit as a "semi-finished product." The customer was responsible for obtaining the body and other components like as gasoline and a water tank. This sales strategy failed miserably. Buffalo tried a complete car the next year, but was sued by the Electric Vehicle Company in early 1903. (EVC). As the patent holder for the Selden invention. Only two cars were completed before the business stopped producing cars in 1903.
Buffalo subsequently applied for and received such a license, but decided to completely abandon the car business. As a result, the gasoline engine business performed quite well and the company moved into larger premises in the same year.
In 1906, it was acquired by the inventor George Baldwin Selden, who had originally filed the patent and EVC legally represented. He wanted to build automobiles and commercial vehicles under his own name as Selden Motor Vehicle Company in Rochester, New York. From 1907 to 1912 cars were made then commercial vehicles were manufactured until 1930.
It had no connection with the Buffalo Electric Carriage Company or Buffalo Auto Bi Co. Which built cars in Buffalo at the same time.
