Eclipse Motor Car Company

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Eclipse Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1916
resolution 1916
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
management
  • AS basement
  • PJ Murphy
  • AP Schulte
Branch Automobiles

Eclipse Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

AS Keller, PJ Murphy and AP Schulte founded the company in 1916. The seat was in Detroit , Michigan . They made automobiles. The brand name was Eclipse . Production ended in the same year. The production of trucks , motorcycles and motor boats was at least planned, but it remains unclear whether these products were actually made.

There were no affiliations with any of the other Eclipse-branded automobile manufacturers : Eclipse Automobile Company , Eclipse Machine Company (Ohio) , Eclipse Machine Division , Krueger Manufacturing Company, and Eclipse Machine Company (Michigan) .

vehicles

There were four models on offer with four different engines. The Model 28 had a four-cylinder engine with 28 hp . The wheelbase was 244 cm. The vehicles were bodied as roadsters and offered space for two people.

The Model 34 had a four-cylinder engine that was specified with 34 hp. The chassis had a wheelbase of 279 cm. An open body in the form of a touring car with space for five people was mounted on it.

The Model 40 also had a four-cylinder engine, but it made 40 hp. The wheelbase was 292 cm. The touring car had seven seats.

The Model 45 was powered by a V8 engine with 45 hp . The wheelbase and structure corresponded to the Model 40 .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1916 Model 28 4th 28 244 Roadster 2-seater
1916 Model 34 4th 34 279 5-seater touring car
1916 Model 40 4th 40 292 7-seater touring car
1916 Model 45 8th 45 292 7-seater touring car

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. 516 (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. 481 (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. 516 (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. 481 (English).