Gearless Motor Car Company

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Gearless Transmission Company
Gearless Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1905
resolution 1909
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Rochester , New York , USA
Branch Automobiles

Gearless Motor Car Company , previously Gearless Transmission Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

John W. Breyfogle, LA Burleigh, and IK Fairbanks founded the Gearless Transmission Company in 1905 . The seat was in Rochester , New York . Automobile production began at the end of 1906. The brand name was Gearless . In March 1908, the name was changed to Gearless Motor Car Company , when William Bausch, WH Rogers and George F. Roth appeared as donors. Production ended in 1909 when the company went bankrupt .

There was no association with the Gearless Motor Corporation , which used the same brand name a few years later.

vehicles

On offer were powerful vehicles that were expensive. Initially, they had a friction gear and two chains to transmit power from the engine to the rear axle.

In model year 1907 there were three models with a four-cylinder engine . In the Model 50 it made 50 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 315 cm . The structure was a touring car with five seats. The Model 60 had a 60 hp engine, the same wheelbase and was a touring car with seven seats. The Model 75 had a 75 hp engine, a longer wheelbase of 325 cm and also a seven-seater touring car body.

In 1908 the weakest and strongest models were discontinued. The four with a 60 hp four-cylinder engine was the entry-level model. A five-seat touring car and a roadster called a greyhound were available on a wheelbase of 320 cm . The Great Six was the new top model. It had a six-cylinder engine with 75 hp. The wheelbase of 320 cm corresponded to the other model. There was a choice of a touring car with seven seats and also a Greyhound Roadster.

In 1909 all models were optionally available with an ordinary gearbox and were then given the nickname Olympic . The 32/35 HP was motorized much weaker than all previous models of the manufacturer, but also significantly cheaper with a new price of 1500 US dollars . The four-cylinder engine was specified with 32/35 hp. The wheelbase was 302 cm. Superstructures were a touring car with five seats and a roadster with three or four seats. The 50 HP had a 50 HP four-cylinder engine and a 315 cm wheelbase. It was optionally available as a seven-seat touring car, five-seat close-coupled touring car or as a three- or four-seat roadster. Above that, the Six ranked with the same bodies. Its six-cylinder engine was specified with 30/60 hp. The wheelbase, however, was shortened to 290 cm.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1907 Model 50 4th 50 315 5-seater touring car
1907 Model 60 4th 60 315 7-seater touring car
1907 Model 75 4th 75 325 7-seater touring car
1908 Four 4th 60 320 5-seater touring car, Greyhound Roadster
1908 Great Six 6th 75 320 7-seater touring car, Greyhound Roadster
1909 32/35 HP 4th 32/35 302 5-seater touring car, 3-seater and 4-seater roadster, 5-seater Olympic touring car, 3-seater and 4-seater Olympic Roadster
1909 50 HP 4th 50 315 Touring Car 7-seater, Close-Coupled Touring Car 5-seater, Roadster 3-seater and 4-seater, Olympic Touring Car 7-seater, Olympic Close-Coupled Touring Car 5-seater, Olympic Roadster 3-seater and 4-seater
1909 Six 6th 30/60 290 Touring Car 7-seater, Close-Coupled Touring Car 5-seater, Roadster 3-seater and 4-seater, Olympic Touring Car 7-seater, Olympic Close-Coupled Touring Car 5-seater, Olympic Roadster 3-seater and 4-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. 632-633 (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. 614 (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. 632-633 (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. 614 (English).