Briscoe Motor Corporation

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Briscoe Motor Corporation
legal form Corporation
founding 1914
resolution 1921
Seat Jackson , Michigan , USA
management Clarence A. Earl
Branch Automobiles

Briscoe touring car from 1917
Briscoe Model B 4-24 from 1919

Briscoe Motor Corporation was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Benjamin Briscoe previously ran Maxwell Motor Company , Flint Automobile Company , Briscoe Frères and Argo Motor Company . In 1914 he founded the new company in Jackson , Detroit . He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Briscoe . The first vehicle was presented at the New York Automobile Show in January 1914 . Benjamin Briscoe handed over the presidency to Clarence A. Earl in March 1921 and retired entirely from the company in October 1921. In the same year the company was dissolved. A total of over 56,000 vehicles were built.

Earl founded Earl Motors in 1922 .

vehicles

From 1914 to 1915 only the Model B was in the range. A four-cylinder engine with an L-head developed 33 hp . The wheelbase was 272 cm. There was a choice of five-seat touring cars and three-seat roadsters .

The model 4-38 from 1916 had a wheelbase longer to 290 cm compared to the previous model, while the engine remained the same.

Model 8-38 was new in 1916 . Its eight-cylinder engine developed 35 hp. The wheelbase and superstructures were the same. Customers had the opportunity to buy the four-cylinder model and later have it converted to an eight-cylinder engine.

In 1917 the Model B 4-24 replaced all previous models. It had an air-cooled four-cylinder engine with 24 hp. The chassis had a 267 cm wheelbase in the first year, 264 cm wheelbase in 1918 and 1919 and 262 cm wheelbase in 1920. In 1917 and 1918 there were five-seat touring cars, four-seat roadsters, two-seat runabouts , Coachaire (probably Coach ) and a light commercial vehicle. In 1919 the Runabout and the Coachaire were discontinued , while the Roadster was only a two-seater. In 1920, a six-seater touring car, two-seater runabout, five-seater sedan and two-seater coupé were available.

The last model was the Model 4-34 in 1921 . It had a four-cylinder engine with 35 hp and a wheelbase of 277 cm. Five-seat touring cars, two-seat roadsters, three-seat coupes and five-seat sedans are named.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1914-1915 Model B 4th 33 272 5-seater deluxe touring car, 3-seater Cloverleaf roadster
1916 Model 4-38 4th 33 290 5-seater touring car, 3-seater Cloverlead roadster
1916 Model 8-38 8th 35 290 5-seater touring car, 3-seater Cloverlead roadster
1917 Model B 4-24 4th 24 267 Touring car 5-seat, Club Roadster 4-seat, Runabout 2-seat, Coachaire, Delivery
1918 Model B 4-24 4th 24 264 5-seater touring car, 2-seater runabout, 4-seater roadster, Coachaire, Delivery
1919 Model B 4-24 4th 24 264 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, delivery
1920 Model B 4-24 4th 24 262 6-seater touring car, 2-seater runabout, 5-seater sedan, 2-seater coupé
1921 Model 4-34 4th 35 277 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 3-seater coupé, 5-seater sedan

Production numbers

year Production number
1914 4,938
1915 7.093
1916 8,149
1917 8,036
1918 8,193
1919 10,237
1920 6,120
1921 4.175
total 56,941

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. 148-149 (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 , pp. 193-194. (English)

Web links

Commons : Briscoe Motor Corporation  - Collection of Images, 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. 148-149 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 193-194. (English)