Amston Motor Car Company

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Amston Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1916
resolution 1918
Seat Bridgeport , Connecticut , USA
management Charles W. Ams
Branch Automobiles

Amston Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Charles W. Ams was a businessman in Bridgeport , Connecticut . In September 1916 he bought the Sterling Automobile Manufacturing Company . Then he founded an independent vehicle production company in his hometown. He began producing automobiles at a plant in Amston in 1917 , marketed as Ams-Sterling . HP Arndt was the designer. Production ended at the end of 1917. In 1918 the company was sold.

The production plans amounted to 15 vehicles in March 1917, increasing to 150 in September 1917. In fact, about 30 vehicles were built. Many customers were dissatisfied with the car.

vehicles

The only model largely matched Sterling's Sterling New York . The wheelbase was lengthened to 279 cm. A four-cylinder engine of Le Roi with side valves powered vehicles. He made 28 HP from 2263 cm³ displacement . There was a choice of roadsters and touring cars .

A Royal Amston luxury model was only announced.

Overview of car brands from the US, the Sterling include

brand Manufacturer Marketing start End of marketing Location, state
Ams sterling Amston Motor Car Company 1917 1918 Bridgeport, Connecticut
sterling Sterling Automobile & Engine Company 1901 1902 Sterling, Illinois
sterling Springfield Cornice Works 1901 1901 Springfield, Massachusetts
sterling Sterling Machine Works 1909 1909 Sterling, Illinois
sterling Elkhart Motor Car Company 1909 1911 Elkhart, Indiana
sterling Sterling Motor Car Company 1915 1916 Brockton, Massachusetts
sterling Consolidated Motor Car Company (Connecticut) 1920 1920 Middlefield, Connecticut
Sterling Knight Sterling Knight Company 1920 1926 Warren, Ohio
Sterling New York Sterling Automobile Manufacturing Company 1915 1916 New York City, New York

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. 49 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1510-1511. (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. 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 , pp. 1510-1511. (English)