Chase Model F.

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Chase Model F Surrey (1909)
Chase Model F Surrey (1909)
15 HP (1907-1908)
Model F (1909-1912)
Sales designation: Chase 15 HP
Chase Model F
Chase Businessman's Roadster
Production period: 1907-1912
Class : Middle class
Body versions : Roadsters , pick-ups , panel vans , touring cars
Engines: 2.1-2.6 liters
(11.2-14.9 kW)
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2434-2540 mm
Empty weight : approx. 680 kg
Previous model without
successor Model M (Transporter)

The Chase 15 HP and Model F is from 1907 to 1912 made American middle class - passenger cars in High Wheeler construction left, the walk to the van. The manufacturer was the Chase Motor Truck Company in Syracuse ( New York ). Several variants of this vehicle were also created as pure commercial vehicles with different model names.

Brand and company history

The Chase Motor Truck Company was founded in 1906 by Aurin M. Chase and until the end of production in the USA in 1919 produced almost exclusively commercial vehicles. Aurin Chase had worked in his father's factory for farm equipment before he moved in 1905 as deputy plant manager at the automobile manufacturer HH Franklin Manufacturing Company in Syracuse. Franklin was a leading exponent of air-cooled automobiles and has always remained true to this principle. It is therefore not surprising that Chase also initially relied on this type of cooling, which was already quite common at the time. It is more remarkable that Chase set up its own engine production early on, which can be documented from 1910, but was probably introduced earlier. Only two-stroke engines with two, three and four cylinders were used , the latter being reserved for the largest commercial vehicles.

The company went through three significant phases. The first covers the period from the company's foundation to 1914, when only high-wheelers were manufactured as passenger cars and commercial vehicles. Passenger car production ended in 1912. The second phase lasted from 1914 to 1918. During this time, agricultural tractors and modern trucks were produced as assembled vehicles . The company closed in the US in 1918; in the last phase between 1919 and 1921, a tractor developed in the USA was manufactured in Ontario ( Canada ).

The Chase Motor Truck Company was a long-lived manufacturer of highwheelers and one of the few companies that managed to switch to more modern products, at least temporarily.

Model history

Chase 15 HP (1907-1908)

Chase 15 HP Panel Top Delivery Van (1908)

The 15 HP , which was probably introduced at the end of 1906 for the 1907 model year, was the first vehicle from this manufacturer and, with its successor, the Model F, the only one that could also be used for passenger transport. Like all produced before 1914 Chase were the High Wheeler, d. H. carriage-like motor vehicles with huge wheels. What was atypical for this category on the Chase was that the engine was attached to the front under a hood instead of in or under the car body. Between 15 HP , Model F and other types of the manufacturer there were clear similarities as well as to some competing products, such as the International Motor Wagon or corresponding vehicles from Brockway . The latter had received help from Chase with the development. The first 30 Brockway trucks were built on Chase chassis.

The 15 HP was a two-seat runabout with a 2.6-liter twin-cylinder engine. The model name indicates the power of 15 HP (according to a source: 10 HP). A version of this vehicle as a panel van is documented for 1908. It appears that these early models had their air intake in the upper part of the "radiator grille". Also in 1908 the range was expanded to include a high-wheeler truck with a payload of 3 tn (2720 kg). This cab-over- engine also received an air-cooled two-stroke engine with an output of 30 hp.

Chase Model F (1909-1912)

The runabout was replaced by the 15 HP Model F at the end of 1908 . This model had a longer wheelbase, a new body and a three-cylinder engine with a displacement of 2.1 liters. Again it was an air-cooled two-stroke. The construction was called Surrey ; depending on the source, it offered four or five places. There were neither front nor rear doors and the back seat could be removed in a few simple steps, making a light van with a payload of up to 700 lb (230 kg) available. This explains the alternative name used by the manufacturer, Businessman's Roadster . The target audience were farmers and artisans in rural surroundings who could work with it during the week and take the family to church or a picnic on Sunday.

These chase highwheelers were larger than most competing products. With the introduction of the three-cylinder models, prices increased from $ 750 to $ 900.

technology

engine

Air-cooled Chase three-cylinder two-stroke engine (1909)

All Chase highwheelers had air-cooled two-stroke engines . First a 15-hp two-cylinder with 159 ci (2606 cm³) appeared, which was replaced by an equally strong three-cylinder with 134.5 ci, (2171 cm³). The origin of these engines has not been established, but it is likely that they were made in-house. For the larger 20-hp three- cylinder and 30-hp four-cylinder , this can be taken as guaranteed. These two were the longest-running engines of the highwheeler generation. The four-cylinder was reserved for commercial vehicles, its displacement is not known.

Power transmission

The passenger cars and some light commercial vehicles received two-speed planetary gears , larger models a conventional three-speed gearbox.

The force was applied to a counter shaft and from it with a gear at each end of the shaft and thus a driven drive chain transferred to the corresponding gear on the rear axle and thus to the wheel.

Chassis and suspension

Side view of the Chase Model F Surrey with the rear bench seat and optional hood attached. The drive gear (1909) is partially covered by the rear fender .

The wheelbase of the vehicles designed for passenger transport was initially 84 inches (2434 mm), then 100 inches (2540 mm). Model F weighed around 1,500 lb (680 kg) in both two and three cylinders. The vehicles were all right-hand drive .

The illustration on the right shows the suspension on semi - elliptic leaf springs attached in pairs and parts of the drive train.

Usually the axle suspension consisted of a pair of longitudinally arranged elliptical leaf springs at the front and a transversely attached semi-elliptical leaf spring at the rear, as shown in the adjacent illustration. But there were also suspensions with semi-elliptical leaf springs attached lengthways at the rear. The wooden spoke wheels initially had the dimensions 40 × 1¾ inches (1016 × 41 mm) and from 1909 40 × 1⅝ inches (1016 × 44 mm); Solid rubber tires were part of the basic equipment.

Derived models

All Chase highwheelers were based on the principle introduced with the 15 HP . The 15 HP was the smallest model in the range. The largest, a four-cylinder forward control truck with a 2.7 t payload, followed in 1908. A number of commercial vehicles introduced in 1912 are known by name. Apparently, the discontinuation of the Model F led to a reorganization of the vehicle program. However, there is hardly any information about the production time and the respective engines.

Model overview

15 HP and Model F (1906–1912)

construction time Model
rating		 payload Cyl. Displacement wheelbase body List price
US $		 Remarks
1907-1908 15 HP
Runabout
16.2 HP.		 500 lb R2 2606 cc 2434 mm Runabout
2 pl.		 750.-
1908 15 HP
Express
16.2 HP		 500 lb R2 2606 cc 2434 mm Pickup truck
1908 15 HP
Panel Top
16.2 HP		 500 lb R2 2606 cc 2434 mm Delivery Van
1909-1910 Model F
Surrey
15 HP		 700 lb R3 2171 cc 2540 mm Surrey
4-5 pl.		 900.- ; rebuilt 700 lb / 230 kg payload, 2 seats
1909-1910 Model F
Panel Top
15 HP		 500 lb R3 2171 cc 2540 mm Delivery Van
1910-1912 Model F
20 HP		 700 lb R3 2628 cc 2540 mm Surrey
4-5 pl.		 900.- ; rebuilt 700 lb / 230 kg payload, 2 seats; also businessman's runabout

Rating: Calculated performance according to the ALAM formula

Overview of the derived models

construction time Model
rating		 payload cylinder Wheelbase inch (mm) construction List price
US $		 Remarks
1912 Model D
Express		 1000 lb
455 kg		 ? Pickup truck
1912 Model D
panel top		 1,000  lb (454  kg ) ? Delivery Van 1050.-
1912 Model H 900  lb (408  kg ) ? 2692 mm chassis 1250.- 106 inch wheelbase
1912 Model J 4000 lb
1815 kg		 ? Pickup truck
1912 Model K 2,000  lb (907  kg ) ? Pickup truck
1912 Model D 1½ tn
1360 kg		 ? Screen Side Van
1912 Model M Express 500  lb (227  kg ) ? Pickup truck 500.-
1912 Model M
panel top		 500  lb (227  kg ) ? Delivery Van 600.-
1912 Model J
Express		 4,000  lb (1,814  kg ) ? Pickup truck 600.-
1912 30 HP 3 tn 6,000  lb (2,722  kg ) R4 chassis 3500.- List price 1912; no model name

Rating: Calculated performance according to the ALAM formula

Other manufacturers of freight highwheelers (selection)

International Motor Wagon (1913).

Remarks

  1. ^ According to NACC ( National Automobile Chamber of Commerce ); Forerunner of the SAE-PS . Is calculated similarly.
  2. ↑ not explicitly proven, but very likely; closed delivery vans are proven.

literature

  • Albert Mroz: Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Trucks and Commercial Vehicles. Krause Publications, Iola WI, 1996; ISBN 0-87341-368-7 .
  • Albert Mroz: American Cars, Trucks and Motorcycles of World War I: Illustrated Histories of 224 Manufacturers. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson NC, 2006; ISBN 0-78643-967-X .
  • John A. Gunnell (Ed.): Standard Catalog of American Light Duty Trucks, 1896-1986. MBI Motor Books International, Osceola WI, 1993; ISBN 0-87341-238-9 .
  • GN Georgano (Ed.), G. Marshall Naul: Complete Encyclopedia of Commercial Vehicles. MBI Motor Books International, Osceola WI, 1979; ISBN 0-87341-024-6 .
  • Beverly Rae Kimes (ed.), Henry Austin Clark Jr.: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. 3. Edition. Krause Publications, Iola WI; 1996; ISBN 978-0-87341-428-9 .
  • 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 .
  • James J. Flink: America Adopts the Automobile - 1895-1910. MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 1970; ISBN 0-262-06036-1 .
  • National Automobile Chamber of Commerce : Handbook of Automobiles 1915–1916. Dover Publications, 1970.

Web links

Commons : Chase Model F  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Motor Way, Volume 12. Automobile Review, Chicago IL (1905).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Mroz: Ill. Encyclopedia of American Trucks and Commercial Vehicles (1996), p. 56
  3. ↑ a b coachbuilt.com: Brockway , 1st part
  4. ↑ a b c d Georgiano, Naul: Complete Encyclopedia of Commercial Vehicles (1979), pp. 128-129. (chase).
  5. ↑ a b c Louwman Museum: 1908 Chase Highwheeler Delivery Van
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Dluhy: American Automobiles of the Brass Era. 2013, p. 67 (Chase 15 HP Highwheeler)
  7. ↑ a b c d e f Kimes, Cark: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. 1996, p. 279 (Chase).
  8. ↑ a b c Mroz: American Cars, Trucks and Motorcycles of World War I , 2009, p. 51 (Chase)
  9. ↑ a b Chase Model D Truck; Advert (1912)
  10. ↑ Chase Model J Truck; Advert (1912)
  11. ↑ Chase Trucks "Determining Facts" advertisement (1912)
  12. ↑ a b c Chase Model M Truck; Advert (1912)