model automobile series production hydraulic brakes automobile series production united_states straight engine officially known straight model shown late new_york_city production delayed substantial changes design car including change engine horizontal overhead overhead time company moved headquarters factory new_jersey indiana model manufactured indianapolis indiana factory successors company began referring car model model introduced background fred august built aircraft marine engines world war expertise design build racing engines design car automobiles motors company incorporated delaware founded manufacture market production car separate organization built racing cars engines introduction delay straight introduced late new_york_city production straight begin late main reason delay decision redesign aspects car including headquarters manufacturing facilities relocated newark new_jersey indianapolis indiana time completed redesign design engineering straight car series production united_states straight engine engine cast iron block cast iron cylinder head aluminum lower oil pan ran main prototype straight shown model introduction horizontal type earlier designed marine racing engines model entered production shaft driven single overhead operate cylinder chamber engine single early versions unit replaced unit right engine mixture went passage engine block intake left engine breaker points distributor end generator starter unit bore stroke engine displacement standard compression ratio yielded rpm rpm single dry plate clutch speed gearbox engine gearbox operated directly central shift drive shaft enclosed tube drove live rear axle spiral drive chassis chassis based pressed steel ladder frame channel section members fabricated tubular cross members suspension semi leaf springs rear tubular beam axle live axle radius rods rear standard inches inches available seven passenger bodies rear tracks inches wide center locking wire wheels tires rear straight production automobile use hydraulic brakes wheels brakes wheels inches diameter dissipate heat fluid system mixture water reception initial production target cars month end slightly year production fewer straight built production straight continued changes management placement january restructuring company february purchase company october straight built cord ended production legacy model derivative straight short production run built model engine bore stroke straight non head engine delivered horsepower chassis inches despite regional worldwide automotive straight obscured later longer widely known straight marketed sold having renamed model introduction model
Duesenberg Model A