Easton Machine Company

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Easton Machine Company
legal form Company
founding 1904
resolution 1917
Seat Easton , Massachusetts , USA
management Alfred G. Morse
Branch Mechanical engineering , automobiles

Easton Machine Company was an American company in the field of mechanical engineering and manufacturers of automobiles .

Company history

Alfred G. Morse founded the company in 1904. The seat was in South Easton , which belongs to Easton in Massachusetts . In the same year he designed a prototype . In August 1905 he announced the series production. Apparently this did not happen until 1910. Series production of automobiles only began in 1910. The brand name was Morse . Chester T. Bates was the designer. When he moved to the Lenox Motor Car Company a little later , this posed a problem for the company. In 1911, the Providence Engineering Company was sued for delivering defective parts for the engines. At the end of 1913 it was foreseeable that production would soon end. Other vehicles were built by the end of 1916. In January 1917, Alfred Morse announced the end of vehicle production.

Other US manufacturers of passenger cars of the brand Morse were Morse , Morse Motor Vehicle Company , Morse Cyclecar Company and Morse readio Auto Company .

vehicles

All vehicles from 1910 onwards had a four-cylinder engine . In the first year it made 24 hp and later 34 hp.

1910 there was only the Model B . The chassis had a wheelbase of 284 cm . There was a choice of runabouts with three seats, touring cars with five seats and torpedo with four seats.

The stronger Model D appeared in 1911 . The wheelbase was retained for a two-seater runabout . A longer wheelbase of 323 cm was reserved for the other bodies. These were touring cars with five and seven seats, torpedo with four seats and sedan with seven seats.

In 1912 the short runabout and limousine were discontinued.

In 1913, in addition to the two touring cars, roadsters with four and five seats and a sedan with five seats were available.

From 1914 to 1916, only the two touring cars were available.

According to a source, two vehicles are still known today. One is called the Model A No. 1 , has the engine in the rear and is dated 1902. The other is called Model B No. 1 and is believed to be from 1907.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1910 Model B 4th 24 284 Runabout 3-seater, touring car 5-seater, Torpedo 4-seater
1911 Model D 4th 34 284 Runabout 2-seater
1911 Model D 4th 34 323 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars, 4-seater torpedo, 7-seater sedan
1912 Model D 4th 34 323 Touring car 5-seat and 7-seat, Torpedo 5-seat
1913 Model D 4th 34 323 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars, 4-seater and 5-seater roadsters, 5-seater sedans
1914-1916 Model D 4th 34 323 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars

Source:

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. 1003-1004 (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. 1080 (English).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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. 1003-1004 (English).
  2. ↑ 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. 1080 (English).
  3. ↑ Early American Automobile Industry (accessed November 3, 2018)