Westcott (automobile)

Production had stopped as the company was unable to pay debts of $825,000 owed to suppliers of parts used in the cars.

[3] Burton Westcott had been unable to save the company and died a year later in January 1926.

[2] Westcotts were hand built and the company had not adapted to the cost saving production line techniques being used by other manufacturers.

[3] Westcotts competed in the Glidden Tour of 1910 from Cincinnati to Chicago via Dallas and the first Indy 500 of 1911.

[2] The Westcott, driven by Harry Knight was running in third place in the Indy race when on lap 90 it crashed while avoiding a mechanic who had fallen from Joe Jagersberger's car.