Eureka Motor Car Manufacturing Company

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Eureka Motor Buggy Company
Eureka Motor Car Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1907
resolution 1909
Seat St. Louis , Missouri , USA
management Charles Zimmerman
Branch Automobiles

Eureka Motor Car Manufacturing Company , emerged from the Eureka Motor Buggy Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Charles Zimmerman founded the company in 1907 in St. Louis , Missouri . He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Eureka . In 1909 he moved to another plant in the same town and changed the name. Production ended in 1909. Zimmerman then moved to the Burg Carriage Company .

There was no connection to the other US manufacturers of car brand Eureka : Eureka Automobile Agency , Eureka Motor Car Company , Eureka Motor Buggy Company and Eureka Company .

vehicles

Eureka advert from 1909

On offer were high-wheelers , which differed in some details from the competing models. These were the cardan drive , the usual gear instead of a planetary gear and the combination of motor and gear in one unit. The engine was an air-cooled two-cylinder engine . The vehicles were right-hand drive .

In 1907 and 1908 there were chassis with four different wheelbases of 163 cm, 178 cm, 185 cm and 203 cm. Only a runabout was available as a structure . The engine was specified with 10/12 hp . One of the vehicles won a hill climb in 1908.

In 1909, the wheelbase of all models was 229 cm. Two-seat runabout, three-seat roadster , four-seat Surrey, and a light delivery van were available. The engine output had been increased to 14/16 hp.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1907-1908 10/12 HP 2 10/12 163 Runabout
1907-1908 10/12 HP 2 10/12 178 Runabout
1907-1908 10/12 HP 2 10/12 185 Runabout
1907-1908 10/12 HP 2 10/12 203 Runabout
1909 14/16 HP 2 14/16 229 Runabout 2-seater, Roadster 3-seater, Surrey 4-seater, light delivery van

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. 551 (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. 509 (English).

Web links

Commons : Eureka Motor Car Manufacturing Company  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

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. 551 (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. 509 (English).