Badger Motor Car Company

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Badger Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1909
resolution 1911
Reason for dissolution liquidation
Seat Columbus , Wisconsin , USA
management AM Bellack
Branch Automobiles

Badger Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

AM Bellack, Charles E. Fowler, JR Wheeler, George C. Holtz and EW Arbogast founded the company in Columbus , Wisconsin in 1909 . Bellack was President, Fowler Vice President, Wheeler Treasurer, Holtz Secretary, and Arbogast the Constructor. The factory was completed in November 1909. Now, or not until 1910, automobile production began. The brand name was Badger . Production ended in 1911 when the company went into liquidation . A total of 237 vehicles were built.

vehicles

In 1910 there were three models in the range. They had a four-cylinder engine from the Northway Motor and Manufacturing Company . It made 30 hp , which was described as too weak. The wheelbase was 284 cm. The Model A was a tonneau , the Model B a touring car and the Model C a roadster .

In 1911 the wheelbase of the chassis was shortened to 279 cm. The engine remained unchanged. Are called Model B as touring cars, Model C as Roadster and Model D as a four-door touring car.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1910 Model A 4th 30th 284 Tonneau
1910 Model B 4th 30th 284 Touring car
1910 Model C 4th 30th 284 Roadster
1911 Model B 4th 30th 279 Touring car
1911 Model C 4th 30th 279 Roadster
1911 Model D 4th 30th 279 four-door 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. 95 (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. 126. (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. 95 (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. 126. (English)