Chandler Motor Car

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Chandler Light Weight Model 19 Touring Car (1919)
Chandler Model 27 Opera Coupe (1919)
Chandler Model 27 (1919)
Chandler Model 20 Coupe (1920)
Chandler Model 22 Metropolitan Sedan (1922)
Advertising leaflet for the Chandler Motor Car Company (1919)

The Chandler Motor Car Company was an American automobile manufacturer in the 1910s and 1920s.

Foundation and strategy of the company

The company was founded in 1913 by Frederick C. Chandler in Cleveland, Ohio . Chandler was previously a designer at Lozier Motor Company , a manufacturer of luxury automobiles. Chandler and several other executives left Lozier and joined the newly formed Chandler Motor Company.

Chandler focused on making a good quality mid- size automobile. Chandler automobiles were well received by the market.

production

In 1920, Chandler had a range of six automobiles, priced from 1995 to $ 3595. In 1922 there were ten models that cost between $ 1,495 and $ 2,375. Like many other mid-range automakers, Chandler introduced a cheaper vehicle for corporate fleets. To do this, he founded the Cleveland Automobile Company with the Cleveland brand.

Chandler's best year was 1927; he sold 20,000 cars. It was hoped to be able to increase sales further and therefore expanded too much in the following year. The company ended fiscal 1928 with over $ 500,000 in debt.

In 1929 the Chandler Motor Company was bought up by its competitor, the Hupp Motor Car Company , who also wanted to expand. Hupp was only interested in the factory and machine park and discontinued the brand.

The Chandlers, like most automobiles that emerged before the all-steel body was introduced as the industry standard, had bodies made of wooden frames clad with sheet metal. Because of the fabric roofs that became leaky over time, the wooden frames rotten away after a few decades, so not many of the automobiles from this time have survived.

Models

model Construction period cylinder power wheelbase
14/15/16/17 1913-1917 6 row 27 bhp (20 kW) 3048-3124 mm
18/19/20 1918-1920 6 row 30 bhp (22 kW) 3124 mm
21/22/23 1921-1923 6 row 45 bhp (33 kW) 3124 mm
32-A / 33/35 1924-1926 6 row 55 bhp (40 kW) 3124-3150 mm
Standard Six / Special Six / 65 1927-1929 6 row 55 bhp (40 kW) 2769 mm
Royal Eight / Royal 75 1927-1929 8 row 75 bhp (55 kW) 2997 mm
Big Six 1927-1929 6 row 83 bhp (61 kW) 3150 mm
Royal 85 1929 8 row 85 bhp (62.5 kW) 3150 mm

Production numbers

year Production number
1914 2,730
1915 3,890
1916 3,910
1917 3,515
1918 3,460
1919 3,670
1920 4,773
1921 5,183
1922 6,870
1923 11,212
1924 10,416
1925 10,416
1926 20,268
1927 18,461
1928 15,530
1929 7,613
total 131.917

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. 274-277 (English).

Web links

Commons : Chandler  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GN Georgano: Cars: Early and Vintage, 1886-1930 , Grange-Universal, London (1985)
  2. ↑ Beverly Ray Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr.: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942 , Krause Publications, Iola WI (1985), ISBN 0-87341-045-9
  3. ↑ 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. 274-277 (English).