Elkhart Motor Car Company

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Elkhart Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1908
resolution 1911
Seat Elkhart , Indiana , USA
management
  • FE Hudson
  • Willard W. Sterling
Branch Automobiles

Elkhart Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

EC Crow, his son Martin E. Crow, FO Hudson, and Willard W. Sterling founded the company in April 1908. The company was based in Elkhart , Indiana . Both Crow left the company and founded Crow-Elkhart . Hudson and Sterling began manufacturing automobiles in 1909. The brand name was Sterling and, unofficially, Komet in 1911 . In January 1911, the engine supplier Model Gas Engine Works filed a lawsuit because fewer than the contractually stipulated 1,000 engines were accepted. In May 1911, Hudson and Sterling sold the company to a consortium of people who had previously worked for the Haynes Automobile Company .

In 1909, 221 vehicles were manufactured. In the following year 258 and in 1911 still 383 were built. In total, that's 862 vehicles.

vehicles

All models had four-cylinder engines .

In 1909 the Model C had a 40 hp engine. The chassis had a 300 cm wheelbase . The only superstructure offered was an open touring car . In addition, there was the Model K . Its engine developed 30 hp. The wheelbase was 292 cm. Available were runabout , Surrey and touring cars.

In 1910 the Model C remained unchanged. There was also the Model O , which corresponded to the smaller model from the previous year. Runabouts, touring cars and torpedoes have survived .

In 1911 only the Model R was in the range. The engine was now specified with 30/40 hp. The wheelbase was 318 cm. There was a choice of Speedster with two seats, Roadster with front doors and four seats, Close-Coupled Touring Cars with four seats and Touring Cars with front doors and six seats.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1909 Model C 4th 40 300 Touring car
1909 Model K 4th 30th 292 Runabout, Surrey, touring cars
1910 Model C 4th 40 300 Touring car
1910 Model O 4th 30th 292 Runabout, touring car, torpedo
1911 Model R 4th 30/40 318 Speedster 2-seater, Fore-Door Roadster 4-seater, Close-Coupled touring car 4-seater, Fore-Door touring car 6-seater

Overview of car brands from the US, the Sterling include

brand Manufacturer Marketing start End of marketing Location, state
Ams sterling Amston Motor Car Company 1917 1918 Bridgeport, Connecticut
sterling Sterling Automobile & Engine Company 1901 1902 Sterling, Illinois
sterling Springfield Cornice Works 1901 1901 Springfield, Massachusetts
sterling Sterling Machine Works 1909 1909 Sterling, Illinois
sterling Elkhart Motor Car Company 1909 1911 Elkhart, Indiana
sterling Sterling Motor Car Company 1915 1916 Brockton, Massachusetts
sterling Consolidated Motor Car Company (Connecticut) 1920 1920 Middlefield, Connecticut
Sterling Knight Sterling Knight Company 1920 1926 Warren, Ohio
Sterling New York Sterling Automobile Manufacturing Company 1915 1916 New York City, New York

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. 1397 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1510 (English).

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. 1397 (English).
  2. ↑ a b George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1510 (English).