Ames Corporation

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Carriage Woodstock Company
Ames Motor Car Company
Ames Body Corporation
Ames Corporation
legal form Corporation
founding 1887
resolution 1970
Seat Owensboro , Kentucky , USA
Branch Automobiles , furniture

Ames Corporation , previously the Carriage Woodstock Company , Ames Motor Car Company, and Ames Body Corporation , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Frederick A. Ames founded a repair shop in Owensboro , Kentucky , in 1887 . From 1904 the name Carriage Woodstock Company has been handed down. In 1910 the production of automobiles began, which were marketed as Ames . There was a connection with Vincent Hugo Bendix . In 1912 the name was changed to Ames Motor Car Company . Around 600 vehicles were built annually. Vehicle production ended in 1915. To this end, the plant produced replacement bodies for the Ford Model T until 1925 . The company name was now Ames Body Corporation and from 1922 Ames Corporation . From 1922 until it was taken over by Whitehall Furniture , the company was active in the furniture industry.

vehicles

In 1910 there was only the Thirty . It had a four-cylinder engine with 30 hp . The wheelbase was 274 cm. The model No. 4 was a touring car and Model No. 5 a roadster called a gentleman's roadster .

This model was still available as a touring car and roadster in 1911. The Forty came as a touring car. Its four-cylinder engine developed 40 hp. The chassis had a wheelbase of 302 cm.

In 1912 the range consisted of three model series. The model No. 32 can be seen as the successor to Thirty . With regard to the engine and the available superstructures unchanged, the wheelbase was lengthened to 284 cm. It was similar with Model No. 42 , which took over the engine from the Forty . On the chassis with a 295 cm wheelbase, bodies as touring cars as well as roadsters were now mounted. In the ranked model No. 52 . It had a six-cylinder engine with 50 hp. The wheelbase was 315 cm. It was only available as a touring car.

In 1913 there was only the Forty with a 40 hp four-cylinder engine. This time the wheelbase was 300 cm. The Model 44 was a roadster and the Model 45 was a touring car.

The Model 45 , also known as Kentucky , was available from 1914 to 1915. The engine and wheelbase corresponded to the previous year's model. A touring car and a roadster called Thoroughbred have survived.

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. 48-49 (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. 54. (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. 48-49 (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. 54. (English)