Benham Manufacturing Company

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Benham Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1914
resolution 1914
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
management George Benham
Branch Automobiles

Benham Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

George Benham founded the company in Detroit , Michigan in 1914 . In January 1914, he took over what was left of the S&M Motor Company . Production of automobiles marketed as Benham ceased in September 1914, when bankruptcy began . A total of 19 vehicles were built.

vehicles

The vehicles largely corresponded to the models from S & M. Only the emblem on the radiator grille was replaced and other small changes made to details.

The only model was named Model 6-48 . These were references to the six-cylinder engine and 48 hp . The Continental Motors Company supplied the engine. The chassis had a wheelbase of 330 cm . There was a choice of two-seat roadster , five-seat touring car and seven-seat town 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. 116-117 (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. 146. (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. 116-117 (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. 146. (English)