Church-Field Motor Company

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Church-Field Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1911
resolution 1915
Reason for dissolution Financial problems
Seat Sibley , Michigan , USA
management
  • Austin Church
  • H. George Field
Branch Automobiles

Church-Field Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Austin Church and H. George Field founded the company in 1911. The headquarters were in Sibley , which is now part of Trenton , Michigan . In 1912 they started producing automobiles. The brand name was Church-Field . In January 1912, a vehicle was presented at the Detroit Automobile Show . In September 1913 financial problems began, after which the factory was closed. Two sources suggest that individual vehicles from existing parts may still have been assembled by hand afterwards, but they all state that 1913 was the end of production. In May 1915 the remains of the company were sold.

vehicles

Electric cars were on offer . They had a chassis in underslung design were so low built. The wheelbase was 254 cm. The bodies were made of aluminum . The front hood was similar to Renault's hoods . There was a choice of a two-seat roadster and a five-seat coupé . The combination of a two-speed planetary gear with a ten- speed gear was unusual , resulting in twenty different gear ratios. The maximum speed was given as 40 to 50 km / h.

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. 334 (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. 290. (English)

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. 334 (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. 290. (English)