Regas Automobile Company

Regas Automobile Company
TypeAutomobile Manufacturing
IndustryAutomotive
GenreTouring cars
Founded1903
FounderJames Harry Sager, Willard G. Rich
Defunct1905
Headquarters
Rochester, New York
,
United States
Area served
United States
ProductsVehicles
Automotive parts
bicycle

Regas was built by the Regas Automobile Company in Rochester, New York and advertised as "Air Cooled Waterless. Is an all „year round“ car." It had a distinctive air-cooled engine. The cars were manufactured between the years of 1903 and 1905.[1] Regas founder, James Harry Sager, began manufacturing bicycle accessories with a partner, Willard G. Rich, as the Rich & Co. in 1891. The brand name for the Automobile Company was Regas, backwards for Sager.

Overview of production figures

YearProductionModelEngine displacementHP
1903Model A7
1904-1905Model B2606 cc (bore 114,3 mm, stroke 127 mm) [2]13
Model C4119 cc20
1904-1905Model G4119 cc (bore 101.6 mm, stroke 127 mm) [3]20
Regas Model B c. 1904-1905
Regas Model B[4]
TRegas Model c. 1904-1905
Regas Model G (1904-1905)

References

  1. ↑ "Regas". coachbuilt. 2019-01-01. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
  2. ↑ "Model B". The Motor world v.7 1903/04. 1904-01-01. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  3. ↑ "Model G". The Motor world v.7 1903/04. 1904-01-01. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  4. ↑ "Regas". Automobile trade journal v.8 1904 Apr. 1904-04-01. Retrieved 2025-09-28.

Further reading

  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr.: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805–1942. 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 1996, ISBN 0-87341-428-4, p.1275–1276
  • George Nicholas Georgano : The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. No. 3: P–Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1, p.1307


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