Eagle Automobile Company (New Jersey)

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Eagle Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1905
resolution 1907
Seat Rahway , New Jersey , USA
Branch Automobiles

Eagle Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles based in New Jersey .

Company history

Henry S. Griffin, George W. Loft, A. Gibbey Spencer, Edwin Vandewater and Frank C. Vandewater founded the company in Rahway in 1905 . They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Eagle . Production ended in 1907.

The two Vandewater then founded Vandewater & Co.

vehicles

There were two models on offer. They had an air-cooled four-cylinder engine designed by HJ Muntz. In the 1906 model, the engine output was specified as 20/24 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 279 cm . It was driven by a chain. The only superstructure offered was a touring car with five seats.

Small changes have been reported for 1907. The engine now made 30 hp. The wheelbase was shortened to 274 cm. The vehicle was Model E called.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1906 20/24 HP 4th 20/24 279 5-seater touring car
1907 Model E. 4th 30th 274 5-seater touring car

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. 511 (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. 477 (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. 511 (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. 477 (English).