Gem Motor Car Corporation

Gem Motor Car Corporation
legal form	Corporation
founding	1917
resolution	1919
Seat	Grand Rapids , Michigan , USA
Branch	Automobiles

Gem Motor Car Corporation was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Another source uses the name Gem Motor Car Company .

Company history

The company was founded in Grand Rapids , Michigan in December 1917 . In the same year the production of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles began . The brand name was Gem . Production ended in 1919. A total of around 85 vehicles were built.

vehicles

The offer was limited to the Model A . Many parts were bought in. Initially, it was planned to purchase chassis from Pontiac and bodies from Hayes . To what extent this was implemented remains unclear. The four-cylinder engine came from GB&S . The open touring car offered space for five people.

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. 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. 633 (English).
2. ↑ ^{a b} 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).