The Gas-au-lec was an American automobile manufactured by Corwin Manufacturing Company of Peabody, Massachusetts.

Gas-au-lec
Overview
Manufacturer	Corwin Manufacturing Company
Production	1905-1906
Assembly	Peabody, Massachusetts
Body and chassis
Class	Touring car
Body style	side entrance

During 1905 and 1906, Corwin produced this five-place side-entrance tourer[1] with a copper-jacketed four-cylinder four-cycle gasoline (petrol) engine of 40-45 hp (30-34 kW).[2] The company's ads claimed it lacked starting crank, "change speed gears", clutch, cams, valve gear, tappets, and complications,[3] thanks to electromagnetically operated inlet valves. Only about four were made.[4]

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References

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Sources

• Clymer, Floyd. Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877-1925. New York: Bonanza Books, 1950.
• David Burgess Wise, The New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Automobiles

See also

• List of automobile manufacturers
• List of defunct automobile manufacturers

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