Birmingham Motors Corporation

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Birmingham Motors Corporation
legal form Corporation
founding 1920
resolution 1923
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Jamestown , New York , USA
management Samuel A. Carlson
Branch Automobiles

Birmingham
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Birmingham Motors Corporation was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Another source names the name Birmingham No-Axle Motor Corporation .

Company history

The company was founded in 1920. The first test drives took place in May 1921. Jamestown in New York was chosen as the seat. Samuel A. Carlson, the city's mayor , became the company's president but received no salary. The production of automobiles started slowly. The brand name was Birmingham . Cyrus E. Weaver was the designer. Various legal disputes affected the business. Production ended in 1923. A total of around 50 vehicles were built. There is no known surviving vehicle.

vehicles

The only model had a six-cylinder engine from the Continental Motors Company with 55 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 315 cm . The suspension was a special feature. To this end, patents from the Blood Brothers Machine Company were bought.

There were plans to take part in the Indianapolis 500 race in 1923 with a racing 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. 127-128 (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. 166. (English)

Web links

Commons : Birmingham Motors Corporation  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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. 127-128 (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. 166. (English)