De Schaum Motor Syndicate Company

De Schaum Motor Syndicate Company
legal form	Company
founding	1908
resolution	1909
Seat	Buffalo , New York , USA
management	William A. de Schaum
Branch	Automobiles

De Schaum Motor Syndicate Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

William A. de Schaum, born William Andrew Schaum, was head of the Schaum Automobile & Motor Manufacturing Company in Baltimore from 1900 to 1903 . From 1906 he worked for the C. Rossler Manufacturing Company in Buffalo , New York State . In 1908 he founded his own automobile production company in Buffalo. The brand name was De Schaum . In 1909 the brand name changed to Seven Little Buffaloes . Production ended in the same year. A total of 36 vehicles of the first brand and 54 vehicles of the second brand were built.

De Schaum later founded the Suburban Motor Car Company .

vehicles

Brand name De Schaum

Various highwheelers were on offer . With the big wheels, they were well suited for the bad roads of the time, especially in areas like North Dakota and South Dakota . However, the time when vehicles of this type sold well was over. All vehicles had a two-cylinder engine , a friction transmission and chain drive.

In 1908 there were two models in the range. Their engine developed 10 hp each . Model S was a Surrey with 213 cm wheelbase and Model W was a Stanhope with 188 cm wheelbase.

In 1909 the range of models was expanded. The Model A as a Stanhope was optionally available with 10 hp and 193 cm wheelbase or with 14 hp and 208 cm wheelbase. The Model S with a 14 hp engine and 208 cm wheelbase was bodied as a runabout . There was also a model of the same name as a touring car , whose engine developed 20 hp and whose chassis had a 221 cm wheelbase. The Model W was also on offer. With 10 hp and a wheelbase of 183 cm, this Stanhope was the weakest and shortest, but also the cheapest vehicle from the manufacturer.

Brand name Seven Little Buffaloes

A highwheeler with an air-cooled two-cylinder engine with 10 hp, 183 cm wheelbase and a runabout structure corresponded to the previous models. According to a source, this was the only model.

Another source mentions other models. A Stanhope with 193 cm wheelbase was technically identical. There were also conventional models with a water-cooled four - cylinder engine and 20 hp, but still friction gears. The wheelbase was 221 cm. There was a choice of touring car, town car and landaulet bodies .

Model overview

year	brand	model	cylinder	Power ( hp )	Wheelbase (cm)	construction
1908	De foam	Model S	2	10	213	Surrey
1908	De foam	Model W	2	10	188	Stanhope
1909	De foam	Model A	2	10	193	Stanhope
1909	De foam	Model A	2	14th	208	Stanhope
1909	De foam	Model S	2	14th	208	Runabout
1909	De foam	Model S	2	20th	221	Touring car
1909	De foam	Model W	2	10	183	Stanhope
1909	Seven Little Buffaloes	Highwheeler	2	10	183	Runabout
1909	Seven Little Buffaloes	Highwheeler	2	10	193	Stanhope
1909	Seven Little Buffaloes		4th	20th	221	Touring car, town car, landaulet

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. 429-430 and p. 1341 (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. 424 (English).
• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 3: P – Z. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 1438 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 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. 429-430 and p. 1341 (English).
2. ^ ^{A b} George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 424 and p. 1438 (English).