Carhartt Automobile Corporation

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Carhartt Automobile Corporation
legal form Corporation
founding 1910
resolution 1912
Reason for dissolution Business abandonment
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
management Hamilton Carhartt Jr.
Branch Automobiles

Carhartt Automobile Corporation was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The businessman Hamilton Carhartt († 1937) founded a factory in Detroit , Michigan, for the manufacture of work clothing in 1889 , which still exists as Carhartt, Inc. to this day. He came to the automobile industry through private contacts with leading automobile manufacturers of the time, Henry B. Joy from Packard , Walter P. Chrysler from Buick and Roy D. Chapin from Hudson .

In March 1910 he founded the Carhartt Automobile Corporation to produce cars of the middle class . His son Hamilton Carhartt Jr. became the company's managing director and vice president . The company's headquarters were at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Townsend Street (now Baldwin Street ) in Detroit. In August 1910, the production of automobiles began, which were already assigned to the 1911 model year . The brand name was Carhartt . It seems that the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers (ALAM) initially promised Carhartt to grant a Selden license , but then refused. The company had already invested in machines and materials and produced without such a license, which carried the risk of being sued by the ALAM. The Selden patent was a rather dubious universal patent, but its legal validity was confirmed in 1909, on all motor vehicles with internal combustion engines manufactured or imported in the USA . After initial success, commercial vehicle production was also considered. Because of economic problems it did not come to that. In order to forestall an impending bankruptcy, Hamilton Carhartt decided at the beginning of 1912 to stop manufacturing automobiles. Production ended in March 1912. A total of around 500 Carhartt automobiles were produced, none of which exist anymore.

The Monarch Motor Car Company took over the plant.

vehicles

Only vehicles with four-cylinder engines from Continental were on offer .

1911 there was the junior as a Model J . Its engine developed 25 hp . The wheelbase was 300 cm. Narrated are roadster and touring cars . The Four series had a more powerful engine with 35 hp. The wheelbase was identical. The choices were Model A as Gunboat Special , Model B as Phaeton , Model C as Runabout , Model D as Coupé , Model G as Landaulet and Model H as sedan .

In 1912 the Junior was given a shorter wheelbase of 274 cm as Model J. The engine output has been increased to 30 hp. In addition to a fore-door tourist runabout , there was a limousine and a coupe. The larger model was now only Model B called. The wheelbase of the chassis remained unchanged. The engine now developed 50 hp. The body shapes were limited to fore-door touring flyabouts , sedans and coupes .

Model overview

year model execution cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1911 Four Model A 4th 35 300 Gunboat Special
1911 Four Model B 4th 35 300 Phaeton
1911 Four Model C 4th 35 300 Runabout
1911 Four Model D 4th 35 300 Coupe
1911 Four Model G 4th 35 300 Landaulet
1911 Four Model H 4th 35 300 limousine
1911 Junior Model J 4th 25th 300 Roadster, touring car
1912 Junior Model J 4th 30th 274 Fore-Door Tourist Runabout, Limousine, Coupé
1912 Model B 4th 50 300 Fore-Door Tourist Flyabout, Limousine, 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. 255 (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. 248. (English)
  • Beverly Rae Kimes: Pioneers, Engineers, and Scoundrels: The Dawn of the Automobile in America. Ed. SAE ( Society of Automotive Engineers ) Permissions, Warrendale PA, 2005; ISBN 0-7680-1431-X .

Web links

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. 255 (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. 248. (English)
  3. ↑ a b c d AHOF / Wolfe: The Carhartt Automobile Corporation.
  4. ^ Kimes: Pioneers, Engineers, and Scoundrels: The Dawn of the Automobile in America. 2005, pp. 272-273.