Anderson Buggy Company

Anderson Buggy Company
legal form	Company
founding	1916
resolution	1926
Seat	Rock Hill , South Carolina , USA
management	John Gary Anderson
Number of employees	200
Branch	Automobiles
	Status: 1920

Anderson from 1923 in a Swedish car museum

Advert of the company from 1920

Anderson Buggy Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . There is also the name Anderson Motor Company .

prehistory

The origins lie in the Holler and Anderson Buggy Company, which was founded in 1889 as a furniture manufacturer . John Gary Anderson added a coach and wagon repair shop. Another source indicates that Anderson from 1888 a repair shop for bicycles business, which later became the Rock Hill Buggy Company for the production of carriages was. In 1910 he manufactured automobiles there and from 1913 superstructures for commercial vehicles . Later he employed the designer Joseph Anglada. In March 1916 another passenger car was announced.

Company history

Anderson founded the company in December 1916 in Rock Hill , South Carolina . He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Anderson . Many parts came from suppliers. Business was good for a long time. In 1920 about 200 people were employed. In the early 1920s there were around 150 dealers. Technical problems with the engine of one model, strong competition from Ford with its Ford Model T, and a fire in 1924 led to difficulties. Production ended in September 1925. In September 1926 the assets were sold. According to one source, over 10,000 vehicles were built in total. Another source names 6,300 vehicles, but the exported vehicles are missing.

Eleven vehicles still exist.

There were no affiliations with the Anderson Machine Company and Anderson Carriage Manufacturing Company , which used the same brand name.

vehicles

All models had a six-cylinder engine from Continental .

In 1916 there was the Six-40 . Its engine made 25 hp from 3700 cm³ displacement . The wheelbase was 301 cm. On offer were a five-seater touring car , a two-seater Speedster , racer called and a two-seat roadster .

From 1917 to 1918 this model had a slightly longer chassis with a 305 cm wheelbase. In addition to the well-known five-seat touring car, a six-seat touring car and a four-seat roadster supplemented the range.

In 1919 this model was simply called the Six , while the engine and wheelbase remained unchanged. Five and seven-seater touring cars, a sporty four-seater touring car, convertible sports , convertible sedan and ultra-convertible sedan have been handed down .

The Model S-30 from 1920 had an engine with 55 hp. The wheelbase corresponded to the previous year's model. In addition to the five- and seven-seater touring cars, there was a four-seater coupé , a five-seater sedan ( sedan ), a four-seater Sports and a convertible roadster .

In 1921 the name changed to Model S-40 . Five- and seven-seat touring cars, two- and four-seat roadsters, four-seat coupés and five-seat sedans have survived.

In 1922 only the superstructure changed. Touring cars, coupes and sedans were still on offer. Newly added were a two-seater Speedster, a four-seater Sport , a four-seater Sport Special , a four-seater Ultra Sport and a convertible roadster .

In 1923 the range consisted of two model series for the first time. In the Aluminum Six the engine developed 50 HP and in the Big Six 60 HP. The former with a 290 cm wheelbase was available as a two-seat coupé, four-seat coach , five-seat touring car and five-seat sedan. The Big Six had a wheelbase of 310 cm. It was available as a sporty four-seat touring car, five-seat sedan and seven-seat touring car.

The Model 41 from 1924 corresponded to the Aluminum Six from the previous year. Two-seat coupé, four-seat coach, five-seat sedan and five-seat touring car have survived.

The last model was the Model 50 from 1925. With its 60 hp engine and 310 cm wheelbase, it corresponded to the larger of the two 1923 models. It was available as a two-seater Couüé, four-seater special touring car, five- and seven-seater touring car, five- and seven-seater sedan and as a five-seat special sedan.

Model overview

year	model	cylinder	Power ( hp )	Wheelbase (cm)	construction
1916	Six-40	6th	25th	301	5-seater touring car, 2-seater racer, 2-seater roadster
1917-1918	Six-40	6th	25th	305	5-seater touring car, 6-seater touring car, 4-seater roadster
1919	Six	6th	25th	305	Convertible Sports, 7-seater touring cars, 5-seater touring cars, Convertible Sedan, Ultra-Convertible Sedan, Sports 4-seater touring cars
1920	Model S-30	6th	55	305	5-seater touring car, 7-seater touring car, 4-seater sports, convertible roadster, 5-seater sedan, 4-seater coupé
1921	Model S-40	6th	55	305	5-seater touring car, 4-seater roadster, 7-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 4-seater coupé, 5-seater sedan
1922	Model S-40	6th	55	305	Touring car 5-seater, Convertible Roadster, touring car 7-seater, Sports 4-seater, Sport Special 4-seater, Speedster 2-seater, Ultra Sport 4-seater, Coupé 4-seater, Sedan 5-seater
1923	Aluminum Six	6th	50	290	5-seater touring car, 4-seater coach, 2-seater coupé, 5-seater sedan
1923	Big Six	6th	60	310	7-seater touring car, 4-seater sports touring car, 5-seater sedan
1924	Model 41	6th	50	290	5-seater touring car, 2-seater coupé, 4-seater coach, 5-seater sedan
1925	Model 50	6th	60	310	5-seat touring car, 4-seat special touring car, 2-seat coupé, 5-seat sedan, 5-seat special sedan, 7-seat touring car, 7-seat sedan

Car production figures

The annual production figures for passenger cars are shown below. A second source confirms the figures for 1916 and 1923, but gives only 136 vehicles for 1925. Another source confirms the figure for 1920, but gives 751 for 1919, 481 for 1921 and 616 for 1924.

year	Production number source 1	Production number source 2	Production number source 3
1916	317	317
1917	523
1918	811
1919	723		751
1920	1,180		1,180
1921	1,218		481
1922	1,610
1923	1,875	1,875
1924	1,682		616
1925	474	136
total	10,413

commercial vehicles

During the period when the United States was involved in World War I , Anderson received government contracts for small commercial vehicles and trailers . 3000 trucks were to be built, but only 300 had been made by the end of the war.

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. 50-52 (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 , pp. 57-58. (English)

Web links

Commons : Anderson Buggy Company - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Ron Chepesiux: Nothin 'finer in Carolina. The Anderson Motor Company. In: Automobile Quarterly , Volume 34, Issue 4.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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. 50-52 (English).
↑ ^a ^b ^c George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 57-58. (English)

[AQ-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Ron Chepesiux: Nothin 'finer in Carolina. The Anderson Motor Company. In: Automobile Quarterly , Volume 34, Issue 4.

[Kimes-2] 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. 50-52 (English).

[Beaulieu-3] George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 57-58. (English)