EA Nelson Automobile Company

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EA Nelson Motor Car Company
E.A. Nelson Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1917
resolution 1921
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
management Emil A. Nelson
Branch Automobiles

EA Nelson Automobile Company , previously EA Nelson Motor Car Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Emil A. Nelson had earned a good reputation with Packard , Oldsmobile and Hupmobile . In 1917 he made his own . He founded the EA Nelson Motor Car Company in Detroit , Michigan . He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Nelson . The production capacity was ten vehicles a day. The post-war depression hit him hard. A planned cooperation in 1919 with the engine manufacturer Gray Company from the same city did not work out. The first bankruptcy followed in March 1920 .

In September 1920 a reorganization led to the EA Nelson Automobile Company . A year later, in September 1921, the end came with the second bankruptcy.

A total of around 1000 vehicles were built, one of which still exists.

vehicles

From 1917 to 1919 there was only one model. It had a self-developed four-cylinder engine with OHC valve control and 29 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 264 cm. The choice was between touring car , roadster and sedan . Another source gives 10 inches (25.4 cm) more wheelbase, or 289 cm.

1920 from the Model D . The dates didn't change. The limousine was omitted.

Model E followed in 1921 . The engine output was now given as 30 hp. Further changes have not been reported.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1917-1719 29 HP 4th 29 264 Touring car, roadster, limousine
1920 Model D 4th 29 264 Touring cars, roadsters
1921 Model E. 4th 30th 264 Touring cars, roadsters

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Production numbers

year Production number
1917 27
1918 213
1919 383
1920 221
1921 184
total 1028

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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. 1038-1039 (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. 1109 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g 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. 1038-1039 (English).
  2. ↑ a b 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. 1109 (English).