Vulcan (automobile company)

{{short description|Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Vulcan Manufacturing Company

| industry = Automotive

| hq_location_city = Painesville, Ohio

| hq_location_country = United States

| founded = 1914

| defunct = {{year needed|date=March 2024}}

}}

Vulcan Manufacturing Company was an American brass era automobile manufacturer based in Painesville, Ohio, founded in 1914.{{Sfn|Clymer|1950|p=135}}

Vulcan's first products were the Model 27 speedster and five-passenger tourer. They ran on a {{cvt|115|in|mm}} wheelbase and had a {{cvt|27|hp|kW}} engine {{cvt|3+3/8|x|5|in}} and left-hand drive.{{Sfn|Clymer|1950|p=135}} The speedster was US$750 and the tourer $850, compared to $650 for the high-volume Oldsmobile Runabout.{{Sfn|Clymer|1950|p=32}}

The Vulcan Power Wagon truck was produced around 1915, at least some under license by Driggs-Seabury, and was rated at three to seven tons depending on model.{{Cite web |url=http://www.hemmings.com/hmn/stories/2011/12/01/hmn_feature10.html |title=Hemmings Motor News, December 2011 |access-date=2016-05-09 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924025913/http://www.hemmings.com/hmn/stories/2011/12/01/hmn_feature10.html |url-status=dead }}[http://forums.justoldtrucks.com/PrintTopic10920.aspx Vulcan Power Wagon article, 1912]