Consolidated Motor Company

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Moyea Automobile Company
Consolidated Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1903
resolution 1904
Seat New York City , New York , USA
management Henry Cryder
Branch Automobiles

Consolidated Motor Company , previously Moyea Automobile Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Henry Cryder founded the Moyea Automobile Company in early January 1903 . The seat was in New York City . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Moyea . Production took place initially in Middletown , Ohio , and later by Alden Sampson in Pittsfield , Massachusetts . In January 1904 the company name changed to Consolidated Motor Company . The company did not move into its own factory in Rye , New York , until 1904.

Production ended in 1904. Alden Sampson took over and formed the Alden Sampson Manufacturing Company .

vehicles

The vehicles were created under a license from Rochet-Schneider .

The model from 1903 was the 12/16 HP . The four-cylinder engine was specified with 12/16 hp . The chassis had a 224 cm wheelbase . The structure was a tonneau with five seats. The original price was 5,000 US dollars .

In 1904 the 25 HP appeared . The chassis had been reinforced for the bad roads. The engine now developed 25 hp. The wheelbase was 231 cm. The open touring car offered space for five people. The price could be reduced to $ 4,000.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1903 12/16 HP 4th 12/16 224 5-seater tonneau
1194 25 HP 4th 25th 231 5-seater touring car

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. 1007 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1084 (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. 1007 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1084 (English).