Deal Motor Vehicle Company

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Deal Buggy Company
J.J. Deal & Son
Deal Motor Vehicle Company
legal form Company
founding 1865
resolution 1915
Seat Jonesville , Michigan , USA
Branch vehicles

The factory building was built between 1893 and 1909 and still exists.

Deal Motor Vehicle Company , previously Deal Buggy Company and JJ Deal & Son , was an American manufacturer of vehicles .

Company history

Jacob J. Deal founded the Deal Buggy Company in Jonesville , Michigan in 1865 . He made carriages and sleighs . In 1891 the name was changed to JJ Deal & Son when his son George Varnum Deal became his partner. The son manufactured his first automobile in 1905 , which could have been followed by several others for local buyers by 1907. It wasn't until 1908, when the Deal Motor Vehicle Company was changed , to start producing automobiles on a larger scale. The brand name was Deal . George Deal died in late 1908, which had a negative impact on motor vehicle production. Omar Dickerson, a relative, now ran the company. Motor vehicle production ended in 1911. In 1913 Dickerson left the company. Carriages were made until 1915.

At least one vehicle still exists.

vehicles

All models had a four-cylinder engine with 30 hp .

The Model S was available from 1908 to 1910 . The wheelbase was 259 cm. The structure was an open runabout with four seats but no doors. The vehicle had solid rubber tires , but of normal size, so it wasn't a high wheeler .

1911 from the Model C . The vehicle was bodied as a four-seater Surrey .

The Model R also appeared in 1911 . The chassis had been lengthened slightly and had a wheelbase of 264 cm. The open touring car offered space for five people.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1908-1910 Model S 4th 30th 259 Runabout 4-seater
1911 Model C 4th 30th 259 Surrey 4 seater
1911 Model R 4th 30th 264 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. 421-422 (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. 394 (English).

Web links

Commons : Deal Motor Vehicle Company  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

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. 421-422 (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. 394 (English).