Columbia Motors Company

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Columbia Motors Company
legal form Company
founding 1915
resolution 1924
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
Branch Automobiles

Columbia Six from 1916

Columbia Motors Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Columbia Motors Company stock dated January 4, 1921

JG Bayerline, TA Bollinger and Walter L. Daly were employed by the King Motor Car Company . In 1915 they founded the company together with William E. Metzger from the Everitt-Metzger-Flanders Company and AT O'Connor, who previously worked for Oldsmobile and Packard . The seat was in Detroit , Michigan . They started producing automobiles in 1916. The brand name was Columbia . At first, business was good. 1923 was the year with the highest sales. Believing it would continue to improve, the company acquired Hudson and Everitt plants and the Liberty Motor Car Company . Production ended in 1924. A total of over 24,000 vehicles were built.

There were other US manufacturers of Columbia vehicles : Columbia Automobile Company , Columbia Engineering Works , Columbian Electric Vehicle Company, and Columbia Carriage Company .

vehicles

Many parts came from suppliers. The six-cylinder engine came from Continental Motors Company , clutches from Borg & Beck , vehicle transmissions from Warner ( trading as BorgWarner after the merger ), axles from Timken , water coolers from Harrison and carburetors from Stromberg . The chassis always had a 292 cm wheelbase .

1917 there was only the model D . The engine output was specified with 25.35 hp . The only structure was a five-seater touring car .

1918 from the Model C . The engine remained unchanged. A four-seater Sports and a five-seater limousine completed the range.

In 1919 the only change was that the previous sedan was now called a touring sedan.

In 1920 the Six was introduced as the Series 20 . The engine now developed 38 hp. Five-seat touring cars, four-seat sports cars, two-seat roadsters , five-seat sedans and four-seat coupés have survived .

In 1921 the engine output was given as 55 HP.

In 1922 the engine performance of the Six remained unchanged. The Model CC de Luxe was a five-seat touring car, the Model CS a five-seat sedan, the Model D a four-seat Sports , the Model E a two-seat roadster and the Model H a four-seat coupé. The Challenger was a coupe, sedan and touring car with the same number of seats as the normal models. A shooter is also mentioned.

In 1923 there were two model series. In the Light Six , the engine made 50 hp. Offer two-seat coupe and roadster, five-seat sedans and touring cars, four-seat stood Special -coupe and Special sedan as well as a special - Phaeton . The Elite had a 55 hp engine. A four-seat coupé as well as five-seat sedans, touring cars and sports are known .

In the last year of production, 1924, the elite disappeared , while the previous Light Six was now called Six . The engine developed 50 hp. There was a choice of two-seat coupés and roadsters, two different five-seat sedans, a five-seat standard Phaeton, a four-seat Sports and, with the addition of Hollywood, a four-seat coupé, a five-seat Phaeton and a five-seat Special sedan.

Model overview

year model execution cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1917 Model D 6th 25.35 292 5-seater touring car
1918 Model C 6th 25.35 292 5-seater touring car, 4-seater sports, 5-seater sedan
1919 Six 6th 25.35 292 5-seater touring car, 4-seater sports, 5-seater touring limousine
1920 Six Series 20 6th 38 292 5-seater touring car, 4-seater sports, 2-seater roadster, 5-seater sedan, 4-seater coupé
1921 Six Series 20 6th 55 292 5-seater touring car, 4-seater sports, 2-seater roadster, 5-seater sedan, 4-seater coupé
1922 Six Model CC De Luxe 6th 55 292 5-seater touring car
1922 Six Model CS 6th 55 292 5-seater sedan
1922 Six Model E. 6th 55 292 Sports 4-seater
1922 Six Model E. 6th 55 292 Roadster 2-seater
1922 Six Model H 6th 55 292 4-seater coupé
1922 Six Challenger 6th 55 292 5-seater touring car, 4-seater coupé, 5-seater sedan
1922 Six Shooter 6th 55 292
1923 Light Six 6th 50 292 Touring car 5-seater, Roadster 2-seater, Special Phaeton, Coupé 2-seater, Special sedan 4-seater, Sedan 5-seat, Special Coupé 4-seater
1923 elite 6th 55 292 Sports 5-seater, coupé 4-seater, sedan 5-seater, touring car 5-seater
1924 Six 6th 50 292 Standard Phaeton 5-seat, Roadster 2-seat, Hollywood Phaeton 5-seat, Coupé 2-seat, Tiger Sports 4-seat, Limousine 5-seat, Hollywood Coupé 4-seat, Hollywood Special Limousine 5-seat

Production numbers

year Production number
1917 1.317
1918 1,793
1919 1,718
1920 3.163
1921 3.213
1922 4,807
1923 5,903
1924 2,603
total 24,517

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. 361-363 (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. 326. (English)

Web links

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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. 361-363 (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. 326. (English)