GJG Motor Car Company

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GJG Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1909
resolution 1914
Seat White Plains , New York , USA
management George John Grossman
Branch Automobiles

GJG Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

George John Grossman had operated the Mammoth Garage in White Plains , New York State , since 1907 . He sold Cadillac vehicles .

In 1909 he founded a separate vehicle production company in the same city. His wife Matilda and two sons were also involved. The production of automobiles began, which were marketed as GJG . GJG stood for Grossman's initials. In September 1913, he announced that he would sell the work and move on to a more convenient location in the Midwest . Nothing came of these plans. In early 1914, the last of the vehicles were handcrafted in a small area of ​​the White Plains plant.

Grossman stated that he did not make any money with vehicle production.

Grossman also manufactured vehicles for the Allen-Kingston Motor Car Company .

vehicles

All vehicles had four-cylinder engines . Apart from the last year of production in 1914, there was always a smaller and weaker model as well as a larger and stronger model in the range.

From 1909 to 1911 there was the junior . Its engine developed 26 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 264 cm . The only structure was a touring car with five seats. There was also the 36.1 HP . It had an engine with 36.1 hp. The wheelbase was 307 cm. Are Narrated Pirate Roadster with two seats, Scout touring car with four seats, Comfort touring car with five seats and Carryall touring car with seven seats.

In 1912 only the superstructure of the Junior changed . There was a choice of raceabout , runabout and fore-door runabout with two seats each and a touring car with five seats. The stronger model was now called Senior . The engine output had been increased to 42 hp. It was available as a Speedster with two seats, Pirate Roadster with two seats, Scout Gunboat with four seats and Comfort Touring Car with five seats.

In 1913 the only change was that no more seats were given for the senior for the superstructures as Speedster and Pirate Runabout .

In 1914 the 36 HP was the only model. Its engine developed 36 hp. The wheelbase of 307 cm corresponded to the previous senior . The vehicles were bodied as a speedster with two seats.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1909-1911 Junior 4th 26th 264 5-seater touring car
1909-1911 36.1 HP 4th 36.1 307 Pirate Roadster 2-seater, Scout touring car 4-seater, Comfort touring car 5-seater, Carryall touring car 7-seater
1912 Junior 4th 26th 264 Raceabout 2-seater, runabout 2-seater, fore-door runabout 2-seater, touring car 5-seater
1912 Senior 4th 42 307 Speedster 2-seater, Pirate Runabout 2-seater, Scout Gunboat 4-seater, Comfort touring car 5-seater
1913 Junior 4th 26th 264 Raceabout 2-seater, runabout 2-seater, fore-door runabout 2-seater, touring car 5-seater
1913 Senior 4th 42 307 Speedster, Pirate Runabout, Scout Gunboat 4-seater, Comfort touring car 5-seater
1914 36 HP 4th 36 307 Speedster 2-seater

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. 639 (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. 626 (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. 639 (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. 626 (English).