Champion Motors Corporation

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Direct Drive Motor Car Company
Champion Motors Corporation
legal form Corporation
founding 1917
resolution 1924
Seat Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
management Henry G. Crowther
Branch Automobiles

Champion Motors Corporation , formerly Direct Drive Motor Car Company or Direct Drive Motor Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Direct Drive Motor Car Company (possibly Direct Drive Motor Company ) was founded in 1917 to manufacture automobiles. The headquarters were in Philadelphia , while production took place at the former Chadwick Engineering Works facility in Pottstown . Both cities are in Pennsylvania . The brand name was Champion . Henry G. Crowther was President and LV Goebbels chief engineer. In 1923 the name was changed to Champion Motors Corporation . In 1924 the company was dissolved. A total of around 50 vehicles were built between 1918 and 1924.

In 1923 there was a dispute with Willys-Overland because Overland used the model name Champion .

There was no association with the Champion Wagon Company and the Champion Auto Equipment Company , which used the same brand name.

vehicles

Models with four-cylinder engines were on offer . The Lycoming engine came from the tourist . Its grille was similar to the Packard models . The Special had a built-in engine from Herschell-Spillman . Its grille was similar to Rolls-Royce vehicles . All bodies were five-seater touring cars .

From 1919 to 1920 there was only the KO model . Its engine developed 40 hp . The wheelbase was 295 cm.

From 1921 there was a separation into Tourist and Special . The Tourist had a 35 hp engine and the Special had a 40 hp engine. Both models had a chassis with a 300 cm wheelbase.

The only change for 1922 was that the Tourist's wheelbase was reduced back to 295 cm.

In 1923, the engine output for both models was given as 40 hp. The wheelbase was standardized to 295 cm.

In 1924 the wheelbase was shortened to 284 cm.

A model with a six-cylinder engine from Falls Motor Corporation remained a prototype .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1919-1920 Model KO 4th 40 295 5-seater touring car
1921 Special 4th 40 300 5-seater touring car
1921 tourist 4th 35 300 5-seater touring car
1922 Special 4th 40 300 5-seater touring car
1922 tourist 4th 35 295 5-seater touring car
1923 Special 4th 40 295 5-seater touring car
1923 tourist 4th 40 295 5-seater touring car
1924 Special 4th 40 284 5-seater touring car
1924 tourist 4th 40 284 5-seater touring car

Production numbers

year Production number
1918 18th
1919 12
1920 6th
1921 6th
1922 6th
1923 ?
1924 ?
total at least 48

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. 274 (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. 262. (English)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 274 (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. 262. (English)