Eagle-Macomber Motor Car Company

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Eagle Cyclecar Company
Eagle-Macomber Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1914
resolution 1918
Seat Sandusky , Ohio , USA
management Walter G. Macomber
Branch Automobiles

Eagle-Macomber Motor Car Company , previously the Eagle Cyclecar Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Walter G. Macomber founded the Eagle Cyclecar Company in Los Angeles , California in 1914 . A little later he moved to Chicago , Illinois . He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was initially Eagle . In December 1914, the name was changed to Eagle-Macomber Motor Car Company . The seat initially remained in Chicago. After a larger factory was found in Sandusky , business was relocated there in November 1915. From 1916 the vehicles were marketed as Eagle Macomber . Production ended in 1918. A total of 35 vehicles were built.

vehicles

The unusual thing about the vehicles was a radial engine developed in-house . It was designed as a five-cylinder engine and air-cooled . The vehicles were referred to as cycle cars , although some of them clearly failed to meet the criteria.

The Model 1 from 1914 to 1915 had a chassis with 267 cm wheelbase and 91 cm gauge . The open roadster had two seats that were slightly offset next to each other. A bore of 65.0875 mm and a stroke of 76.2 mm resulted in a displacement of 1268 cm³ . The engine output was specified as 12/14 hp . The vehicle weighed 340 kg.

From 1915 to 1916 there was the Model 1-A . The wheelbase was lengthened to 279 cm and the track width was widened to 142 cm. The roadster offered space for two people side by side. The engine was enlarged to 2027 cc. The dimensions were now 76.2 mm bore and 88.9 mm stroke. The engine developed 18 hp. The curb weight was more than twice as high at 725 kg.

No model name has survived for 1917. The engine developed 28 hp. The wheelbase was 274 cm. On offer were bodies as a two-seater roadster and as a three-seater Cloverleaf roadster.

In 1918 the wheelbase was extended to 300 cm. The engine power remained unchanged. The Model D was available as a touring car and a touring limousine , each with five seats.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1914-1915 Model 1 5 12/14 267 Stagger Seat Roadster
1915-1916 Model 1-A 5 18th 279 Roadster 2-seater
1917 5 28 274 Cloverleaf Roadster 3-seater, Roadster 2-seater
1918 Model D 5 28 300 5-seater touring car, 5-seater touring limousine

Production numbers

year Production number
1914 12
1915 10
1916 3
1917 6th
1918 4th
total 35

An overview of US car brands that begin with Eagle

brand Manufacturer Marketing start End of marketing Location, state
eagle Eagle Automobile Company (New York) 1905 1905 Buffalo, New York
eagle Eagle Automobile Company (New Jersey) 1905 1907 Rahway, New Jersey
eagle Eagle Motor Carriage Company 1908 1908 Elmira, New York
eagle Eagle Automobile Company (Missouri) 1909 1909 St. Louis, Missouri
eagle Eagle-Macomber Motor Car Company 1914 1915 Chicago, Illinois
eagle Eagle Electric Automobile Company 1915 1916 Detroit, Michigan
eagle Durant Motors 1923 1924 Lansing, Michigan
eagle Eagle Manufacturing 1978 1984 Campbell, California
eagle Eagle Coach Work 1980 2001 Amherst, New York
eagle Eagle (US car brand) 1987 1998 Detroit, Michigan
Eagle Macomber Eagle-Macomber Motor Car Company 1916 1918 Sandusky, Ohio

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. 512 (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. 478-479 (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. 512 (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. 478-479 (English).