Evansville Automobile Company

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Evansville Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1907
resolution 1911
Seat Evansville , Indiana , USA
management Willis Copeland
Branch Automobiles

Evansville Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Willis Copeland had previously manufactured vehicles with Single Center Spring Company , Windsor Automobile Company , Worth Motor Car Manufacturing Company, and Zent Automobile Buggy Company . In 1907 he founded the new company in Evansville , Indiana . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Simplicity . Production ended in 1911.

In 1910, Copeland had also founded the Traveler Automobile Company .

vehicles

The vehicles had a water-cooled four - cylinder engine . A special feature was a friction gear . When it was wet, there were problems that could only be solved by protecting the power transmission against external influences.

From 1907 to 1908, was only the Model C . The engine with 114.3 mm bore , 146.05 mm stroke and 5994 cm³ displacement was specified with 35/40 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 267 cm . There was a choice of touring cars with five seats, roadsters with two and four seats and sedans with five and seven seats.

In 1909 the Model 4-20 was the entry-level model. The engine had 88.9 mm bore, 114.3 mm stroke, 2838 cm³ displacement and made 20 hp. The wheelbase was 244 cm. Traditionally, there are runabouts with two seats, single rumble runabouts with three seats, double rumble runabouts with four seats and a toy tonneau with four seats. The model 4-30 partly corresponded to the previous year's model. A slightly reduced bore of 111.125 mm resulted in a displacement of 5666 cc and 30 hp. Available were Double Rumble Roadster and Victoria . The wheelbase is given as 264 cm or 267 cm, depending on the source.

1910 there was again a Model C . The engine with the dimensions of the previous year now made 40 hp. The customer had the choice between a normal touring car, a Tulip touring car , a Canopy touring car, Victoria and Runabout. The wheelbase was 267 cm.

In 1911, the range of bodies was limited to touring cars, Victoria and Roadsters.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1907-1908 Model C 4th 35/40 267 5-seat touring car, 2-seat and 4-seat roadster, 5-seat and 7-seat sedan
1909 Model 4-20 4th 20th 244 Runabout 2-seater, Single Rumble Runabout 3-seater, Double Rumble Runabout 4-seater, Toy Tonneau 4-seater
1909 Model 4-30 4th 30th 267 Double Rumble Roadster, Victoria
1910 Model C 4th 40 267 Touring Cars, Tulip Touring Cars, Victoria, Canopy Touring Cars, Runabout
1911 Model C 4th 40 267 Touring cars, Victoria, roadsters

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. 1351-1352 (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. 1457 (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. 1351-1352 (English).
  2. ↑ 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. 1457 (English).