Arbenz Car Company

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Scioto Car Company
Arbenz Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1911
resolution 1918
Reason for dissolution Acquisition by National United Service Company
Seat Chillicothe , Ohio , USA
management Fred C. Arbenz
Branch Automobiles

Arbenz Car Company , previously Scioto Car Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Fred C. Arbenz and his son Nand James founded the Scioto Car Company in Chillicothe , Ohio , in 1911 . The company name referred to the river Scioto River . They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Arbenz , often spelled ArBenz . Nand was the designer and CO Snyder the constructor of the vehicles. In 1912 the name was changed to Arbenz Car Company . Snyder left the company in December 1915. In March 1916, the National United Service Company took over the company. Production continued until 1918.

vehicles

All models had four-cylinder engines . In the Four presented in 1911 it had 30/40 hp . The wheelbase was 305 cm. Model A was a two-seat roadster , Model B a four-seat torpedo, and Model C a five-seat touring car with four doors.

In 1914 the engine developed 27 hp. The wheelbase remained unchanged. Model F was a five-seat touring car, Model G was a four-seat touring car, and Model H was a two-seat roadster.

In 1915 the Four became the Model 40 . There were no changes in engine power or wheelbase. A two-seat roadster and a five-seat touring car were on offer.

The Model 25 from 1916 to 1918 had a four-cylinder Lycoming engine with 17 hp. The wheelbase was shortened to 274 cm. The only body shape was a five-seater touring car. The new price was only about a third of the previous models.

Model overview

year model execution cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1911 Four Model A 4th 30/40 305 Roadster 2-seater
1911 Four Model B 4th 30/40 305 Torpedo 4-seater
1911 Four Model C 4th 30/40 305 four-door touring car, 5-seater
1914 Four Model F 4th 27 305 5-seater touring car
1914 Four Model G 4th 27 305 4-seater touring car
1914 Four Model H 4th 27 305 Roadster 2-seater
1915 Model 40 4th 27 305 Roadster 2-seater, touring car 5-seater
1916-1918 Model 25 4th 17th 274 5-seater touring car

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. 60-61 (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. 64. (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. 60-61 (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. 64. (English)