Emerson Motor Company

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Emerson Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1916
resolution 1917
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Kingston , New York , USA
Branch Automobiles

Emerson Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Robert C. Hupp, founder of Hupmobile , the brothers George N. and Theodore A. Campbell, founders of the Imperial Automobile Company , and Willis George Emerson, a financier from New York, founded the company in 1916. The factory was in Kingston , New York, United States . In 1917 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Emerson . In the first three months of 1917 only 69 vehicles were built. Then five vehicles were made every day. Hupp got out in March 1917. Bankruptcy began in June 1917 . There were allegations of fraud against four employees. These were Nicholas F. Wilson, who previously ran the Elbert Motor Car Company , Osborne E. Chaney, William G. Loomis, and Robert P. Matches. Production increased to 18 vehicles a day during the ongoing bankruptcy. In September 1917, the Campbell brothers withdrew and founded the Campbell Motor Car Company . Production ended around the same time.

Only in July 1921 did a court convict three of the defendants.

vehicles

The only model should against the Ford Model T to compete. A four-cylinder engine with an output of 22 hp drove the rear axle via an ordinary gearbox. The chassis had a wheelbase of 279 cm and was 25 cm longer than the competitor model. The only body shape was an open touring car with five seats. The original price was 395 US dollars . The company advertised that it was the cheapest car in the world with this wheelbase. For comparison: the Ford Model T cost $ 360, while a comparable Dodge cost $ 835.

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. 532 (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. 495 (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. 532 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c 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. 495 (English).