Louis J. Bergdoll Motor Company

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Louis J. Bergdoll Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1910
resolution 1913
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
management Louis J. Bergdoll
Branch Automobiles

Louis J. Bergdoll Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Louis J. Bergdoll founded the company in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania in 1910 . He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Bergdoll . Bankruptcy began in March 1913 .

vehicles

The first model was the Thirty , English for 30. The four-cylinder engine made 30 hp . This allowed a top speed of 80 km / h . In the first year the wheelbase was 284 cm, then 292 cm. A five-seat touring car was the only body style offered in the first year. In 1911 there was also a four-seat toy tonneau , a three-seat roadster , a two-seat Louis J. Roadster , a seven-seat sedan , a seven-seat landaulet , a two-seat coupe , a three-seat Colonial coupe, and a five-seat touring car with four doors. In 1912 the offer was reduced to touring cars, Toy Tonneau and Louis J. Roadster . In 1913 there were only five-seat touring cars and four-seat torpedoes .

In 1912 the Forty , English for 40, added to the range. It had a four-cylinder engine with 40 hp. The maximum speed was given as 96 km / h. The starter is remarkable . In the first year there were touring cars, torpedoes, sedans and coupes. Five-seat touring cars, two-seat roadsters and five-seat torpedo touring cars have been handed down for 1913, while the Fairmount series includes a seven-seat Fairmount touring car, a two-seat Fairmount roadster and a four-seat Fairmount Colonial Coupé.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1910 Thirty 4th 30th 284 5-seater touring car
1911 Thirty 4th 30th 292 Touring car 5-seat, Toy Tonneau 4-seat, Roadster 3-seat, Louis J. Roadster 2-seat, Sedan 7-seat, Landaulet 7-seat, Coupé 2-seat, Colonial Coupé 3-seat, Fore-Door touring car 5 - seated
1912 Thirty 4th 30th 292 Touring cars, Toy Tonneau, Louis J. Roadster
1912 Forty 4th 40 292 Touring car, torpedo, limousine, coupé
1913 Thirty 4th 30th 292 5-seater touring car, 4-seater torpedo
1913 Forty 4th 40 292 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 5-seater Torpedo touring car, 7-seater Fairmount touring car, 2-seater Fairmount Roadster, 4-seater Fairmount Colonial Coupé

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. 120 (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. 157. (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. 120 (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. 157. (English)