Fuller & Sons Manufacturing Company

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Michigan Automobile Company Limited
Fuller & Sons Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1902
resolution after 1911
Seat Kalamazoo , Michigan , USA
management Charles D. Fuller
Branch Automobiles

Michigan from 1903

Fuller & Sons Manufacturing Company , formerly Michigan Automobile Company Limited , was a US company in the automotive field .

Company history

The brothers Charles D. and Frank D. Fuller and the brothers Maurice and Charles Blood founded the Michigan Automobile Company Limited on December 30, 1902 . The seat was in Kalamazoo , Michigan . Charles Fuller was Chairman, Frank Fuller Secretary and General Manager, Maurice Blood Treasurer and Charles Blood Superintendent. The Blood brothers designed a first prototype in 1903 . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Michigan . In late 1904, the Blood brothers left the company and founded the Blood Brothers Automobile & Machinery Company .

The Fullers produced vehicles until 1907. After that, they only made parts and accessories. After a few years they changed the company name to Fuller & Sons Manufacturing Company in order to avoid confusion with the Michigan Motor Car Company, which was founded in 1911 in the same place .

It is not known when the company was dissolved.

There are no known associations with the other Michigan brand passenger car manufacturers : Michigan Automobile Company (1901), Michigan Motor Car Company (1904-1913), and Michigan Hearse & Motor Company (1916).

vehicles

The prototype from 1903 had a single-cylinder engine with 3.5 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 122 cm . Was steered with a steering lever.

In the standard version, the vehicle received the designation Model A . The wheelbase has been extended to 137 cm. The setup was a runabout with space for two people. By the end of 1904, around 100 vehicles were built.

In 1904 the Model C added to the range. It had a two-cylinder engine with 12 hp. The wheelbase was 198 cm. The vehicles were referred to as light touring cars . Of these, around 30 vehicles were built by the end of 1905.

The Model D was added in 1905 . It had the same two-cylinder engine. The wheelbase was lengthened to 203 cm. The structure was called a demi- tonneau .

The Model E also appeared in 1905 . Its two-cylinder engine developed 16 hp. The 229 cm wheelbase enabled it to be built as a tonneau with side access. From 1906 to 1907, this was the only model on offer.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1903 Model A 1 3.5 137 Runabout
1904 Model A 1 3.5 137 Runabout
1904 Model C 2 12 198 Light touring car
1905 Model C 2 12 198 Light touring car
1905 Model D 2 12 203 Demi-tonneau
1905 Model E. 2 16 229 Side entrance tonneau
1906-1907 Model E. 2 16 229 Side entrance tonneau

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. 970 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1032 (English).

Web links

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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. 970 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 2: G-O . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1032 (English).