Alpena Motor Car Company

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Alpena Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1910
resolution 1914
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Alpena , Michigan , USA
management Richard Collins
Branch Automobiles

Alpena Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Thomas F. Ahern, an engineer from Detroit , and his friend Daniel D. Hanover founded the company in June 1910. seat was in Alpena in Michigan . In July 1910, the remnants of the dissolved Wolverine Motor Car Company were taken over from Mount Clemens and transported to Alpena until August. In 1911 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Alpena . In June 1911 Richard Collins took over the management after the previous President Hanover gave up the post due to illness. Production ended in February 1914 when the company went bankrupt .

Canadian Motors imported vehicles to Canada.

vehicles

In 1911 all models were called Flyer . They had a four-cylinder engine with 30 hp . The wheelbase of the chassis was 284 cm. Model A was a five-seater touring car , model B , a four-seat touring car, model C a four-door touring car and Model D , a torpedo - Roadster .

In 1912 the range consisted of two model series Four , both with four-cylinder engines. The four-door touring car Model F , the Roadster Model G and the Model H as detachable tonneau had 305 cm wheelbase and the more powerful engine with 40 hp. The smaller models can be seen as successors to the 1911 models as they took over engine power and wheelbase. Model J was a four-door touring car, Model K was a roadster, Model L was a detachable tonneau and Model M was a touring car.

From 1913, the six-cylinder model Six supplemented the range as the Model N-50 . The engine came from the Rutenber Motor Company and developed 50 hp. The wheelbase was a uniform 343 cm. A two-seater roadster, a four-seater Tourabout and touring cars with five and seven seats were available. The Four had a wheelbase of 315 cm. The Model O-38 was a five-seat touring car. The P-40 model was available as a two-seat runabout and a four-seat torpedo. Both had an engine with 40 hp. With 44 hp, the engine in the Roadster Model X was a little more powerful .

Model overview

year model execution cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1911 Flyer Model A 4th 30th 284 5-seater touring car
1911 Flyer Model B 4th 30th 284 4-seater touring car
1911 Flyer Model C 4th 30th 284 4-door touring car
1911 Flyer Model D 4th 30th 284 Torpedo Roadster
1912 Four Model F 4th 4th 284 4-door touring car
1912 Four Model G 4th 4th 284 Roadster
1912 Four Model H 4th 4th 284 Detachable tonneau
1912 Four Model J 4th 30th 284 4-door touring car
1912 Four Model K 4th 30th 284 Roadster
1912 Four Model L 4th 30th 284 Detachable tonneau
1912 Four Model M 4th 30th 284 Touring car
1913-1914 Six Model N-50 6th 50 343 Roadster 2-seater, Tourabout 4-seater, touring car 5-seater, touring car 7-seater
1913-1914 Four Model O-38 4th 40 315 5-seater touring car
1913-1914 Four Model P-40 4th 40 315 Runabout 2-seater, Torpedo 4-seater
1913-1914 Four Model X 4th 44 315 Roadster

literature

  • Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 28-29 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 38. (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beverly Rae Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard catalog of American Cars. 1805-1942. Digital edition . 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola 2013, ISBN 978-1-4402-3778-2 , pp. 28-29 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 38. (English)