Deere-Clark Motor Car Company

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Deere-Clark Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1906
resolution 1907
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Moline , Illinois , USA
management William E. Clark
Branch Automobiles

Deere-Clark Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Deviating from this, the name Deere-Clark Motor Company is found in the literature .

Company history

William E. Clark had already gained experience in the automotive industry at his Clark Manufacturing Company . In 1905 he allied himself with the agricultural machinery manufacturer John Deere , who acquired tools and machinery from the disbanded Clarkmobile Company . In January 1906 they founded the company in Moline , Illinois . The production of automobiles began. The brand name was Deere-Clark in the first year , then just Deere . In 1907 John Deere decided to get out of the joint venture. In September 1907 it went bankrupt . A total of 200 vehicles were built.

The company was reorganized under new management as the Midland Motor Company .

vehicles

The only model was the 30 HP . It had a water-cooled four - cylinder engine with 30 hp and a cardan drive . The wheelbase was 254 cm in the first year. A five-seater touring car with side entry and a limousine were available. The name Type A has also been passed down for this year .

In 1907 the chassis was extended to a wheelbase of 269 cm. The term now was Type B . A roadster called Type C and Gentleman's Roadster supplemented the bodies previously offered.

Model overview

year brand model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1906 Deere-Clark 30 HP 4th 30th 254 5-seater touring car, limousine
1907 Deere 30 HP 4th 30th 269 5-seater touring car, gentleman's roadster, limousine

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. 423 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 403 (English).

Web links

Commons : Deere-Clark Motor Car Company  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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. 423 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 403 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c d e Karla A. Rosenbusch: Automobile Quarterly Volume 33, Issue 3.