Elgin Motors

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Elgin Motor Car Corporation
Elgin Motors Inc.
legal form Inc.
founding 1916
resolution 1924
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Indianapolis , Indiana , USA
management JH McDuffee
Branch Automobiles

Elgin Motors Inc. , formerly Elgin Motor Car Corporation , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Elgin Motor Car Corporation stock dated November 14, 1916

Some members of the Elgin family founded the Elgin Motor Car Corporation in 1916 . The seat was initially in Argo , Illinois . They took over the New Era Motor Car Company from Joliet and moved everything from their plant to their factory in Argo. The production of automobiles began, marketed as Elgin . Between mid-1917 and November 1918, utility vehicles were also built for the United States Army .

In 1923 the company was renamed Elgin Motors Inc. and moved to Indianapolis , Indiana . President was JH McDuffee, who previously worked for Willys-Overland . Production ended in 1924. In June 1924 the company went bankrupt .

There was no connection with the Elgin Sewing Machine and Bicycle Company , which also manufactured Elgin vehicles a few years earlier .

vehicles

All vehicles had a six-cylinder , OHV valve timing engine from Falls Motor Corporation .

In 1916 the model was known as the 21 HP . The wheelbase was 290 cm. The choice was between touring cars and roadsters .

In 1917 the wheelbase was extended to 295 cm. The touring car had six seats and the roadster four.

The Series F was launched in 1918 . The engine was specified with 21.6 HP. The chassis had a 297 cm wheelbase. The five-seat touring car and four-seat roadster were joined by a five-seat sedan .

In 1919 the Series H was in the range. The engine was specified with 23.44 HP. The wheelbase was again extended by 3 cm to 300 cm. The five-seat touring car was retained. There was also a Military Scout with four seats and a convertible sedan .

1920 from the Series K . The engine was now specified with 37 HP. The wheelbase remained unchanged. There was a choice of five-seat touring car, four-seat Victoria Scout and five-seat sedan.

In 1921 the only change was that a four-seater coupe was available.

In 1922 there was the Series K-1 , now again with 27 HP. The roadster bodies with two seats, the Scout and Coupé with four seats each, and the sedan and touring car with five seats each were based on the same wheelbase .

No model name has survived for 1923. The engine was again specified with 37 HP. The wheelbase and superstructures remained unchanged.

In 1924 the engine was specified with 46 HP. The limousine still offered space for five people. The coupe had three seats. New was a sportsman with four seats.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1916 21 HP 6th 21st 290 Touring cars, roadsters
1917 21 HP 6th 21st 295 6-seater touring car, 4-seater roadster
1918 Series F 6th 21.6 297 5-seater touring car, 4-seater roadster, 5-seater sedan
1919 Series H 6th 23.44 300 5-seater touring car, 4-seater Military Scout, convertible sedan
1920 Series K 6th 37 300 5-seater touring car, 4-seater Victoria Scout, 5-seater limousine
1921 Series K 6th 37 300 5-seater touring car, 4-seater Victoria Scout, 4-seater coupé, 5-seater sedan
1922 Series K-1 6th 27 300 Scout 4-seater, Roadster 2-seater, Coupé 4-seater, Sedan 5-seater, touring car 5-seater
1923 37 HP 6th 37 300 5-seater touring car, 4-seater Scout, 2-seater roadster, 5-seater sedan, 4-seater coupé
1924 46 HP 6th 46 300 Sportsman 4-seat, Coupé 3-seat, Sedan 5-seat

Production numbers

A total of 16,784 vehicles were built. The best sales years were right after the First World War .

year Production number
1916 671
1917 987
1918 1,316
1919 4.123
1920 4,613
1921 3,173
1922 1,161
1923 417
1924 323
total 16,784

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. 526-527 (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. 491 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 526-527 (English).
  2. ↑ a b 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. 491 (English).