Carl Spoerer's Sons Company

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Carl Spoerer's Sons Company
legal form Company
founding 1890
resolution 1934
Seat Baltimore , Maryland , USA
Branch vehicles

Carl Spoerer's Sons Company was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

Carl Spoerer founded the company in Baltimore , Maryland in 1890 . He made carriages . He died in 1899. In that year his sons Charles and Jacob took over the company and renamed it Carl Spoerer's Sons Company . Around 1907 they took on John F. Reus as a partner. That year they made their first car. Series production did not begin until autumn 1909. The brand name was Spoerer . From 1912 onwards, the range also included commercial vehicles . Motor vehicle production ended in 1914.

The company existed until 1934 in the area of ​​accessories and as a repair shop.

vehicles

The vehicles had purchased four-cylinder engines . The more powerful engine came from Herschell-Spillman and the weaker one from Excelsior . They had a three-speed gearbox and cardan drive in common .

In 1910 there was only one basic type. The engine developed 40 hp . The chassis had a 300 cm wheelbase . Model A was a touring car with five seats, Model B was a touring car with four seats, Model C-10 was a touring car with seven seats, and Model D-10 was a runabout with two seats.

1911 from the Model C . The wheelbase was extended to 305 cm. There was a choice of a seven-seat touring car and two- and three-seat roadsters . The new DA model was placed underneath . It had a 25 horsepower engine and the same wheelbase. It was available as a five-seat touring car and as a two- and three-seat roadster.

From 1912 to 1913, the car was weaker Model 25 A called. The engine output has been increased to 27 hp. Roadsters, toy tonneau , touring cars with five seats and town cars have survived . The stronger car was the Model 40 C . It was available as a roadster, five- and seven-seat touring car, toy tonneau, limousine and landaulet .

In 1914, the only known change was that the number of seats for the more powerful roadster was two.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1910 Model A 4th 40 300 5-seater touring car
1910 Model B 4th 40 300 4-seater touring car
1910 Model C-10 4th 40 300 7-seater touring car
1910 Model D-10 4th 40 300 Runabout 2-seater
1911 Model C 4th 40 305 7-seater touring car, 2-seater and 3-seater roadster
1911 Model DA 4th 25th 305 5-seater touring car, 2-seater and 3-seater roadster
1912-1913 Model 25 A 4th 27 305 Roadster, Toy Tonneau, 5-seater touring car, Town Car
1912-1913 Model 40 C 4th 40 305 Roadster, 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars, 4-seater toy tonneau, limousine, landaulet
1914 Model 25 A 4th 27 305 Roadster, Toy Tonneau, 5-seater touring car, Town Car
1914 Model 40 C 4th 40 305 5-seater and 7-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 4-seater toy tonneau, limousine, landaulet

1909 reliability run

In September 1909, a vehicle took part in a reliability trip from Washington, DC to Boston and back. The distance covered was 2062 km. 37 vehicles were registered. The vehicle reached seventh place.

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. 1369 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1485 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e 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. 1369 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1485 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c d e Carl Spoerer's Sons Company - Enoch Pratt Free Library (accessed February 23, 2019)
  4. ↑ The Horseless Age of September 22, 1909 (accessed February 23, 2019)