Flint Motor Company
Flint Division, Durant Motors Corporation Flint Motor Company |
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legal form | Company |
founding | 1923 |
resolution | 1927 |
Seat | Flint , Michigan , USA |
Branch | Automobiles |
Flint Motor Company was an automobile manufacturer from Flint , Michigan , USA . The company existed from 1923 to 1927 and was part of Durant Motors .
production
The Flint is considered a ready-made product because Durant Motors built in essential components from other manufacturers. So the six-cylinder engines came from Continental and the body parts were made at Budd in Philadelphia .
construction
The origins of the Flint can be traced back to the automobile manufacturer Willys . There they designed a prototype for a planned six-cylinder car, but then had to sell this prototype in order to get money to keep the company going during a financial crisis. Durant Motors bought this prototype and developed it into the Flint.
economic aspects
The Flint competed with the Buick, which was also manufactured in Flint . After financial difficulties at Durant Motors, the Flint brand was discontinued in 1927.
Models
model | Construction period | cylinder | power | wheelbase | Superstructures |
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E. | 1923-1924 | 6 row | 65 bhp (48 kW) | 3048 mm | Roadster 2 seats, touring car 5 seats, coupé 2 doors, sedan 4 doors |
H-40 | 1925 | 6 row | 49 bhp (36 kW) | 2921 mm | Touring car 5 seats, sedan 2 doors |
E-55 | 1925 | 6 row | 65 bhp (48 kW) | 3048 mm | Roadster 4 seats, touring car 5 seats, coupé 2 doors, sedan 4 doors |
Junior / Junior Z-18 | 1926-1927 | 6 row | 40 bhp (29 kW) | 2794 mm | Sedan 2 doors |
60 / B-60 | 1926-1927 | 6 row | 49 bhp (36 kW) | 2921 mm | Roadster 4 seats, touring car 5 seats, sedan 4 doors |
80 / E-80 | 1926-1927 | 6 row | 65 bhp (48 kW) | 3048 mm | Roadster 3/4 seats, touring car 5 seats, coupé 2 doors, sedan 2/4 doors |
Web links
literature
- Beverly Ray Kimes, Henry Austin Clark Jr .: Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1942. Krause Publications, Iola 1985, ISBN 0-87341-045-9 .