Geronimo Motor Company

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Geronimo Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1917
resolution 1920
Reason for dissolution financial problems after fire
Seat Enid , Oklahoma , USA
management Will C. Allen
Branch Automobiles

Geronimo Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1917 in Enid , Oklahoma . Will C. Allen was President, Robert Clark Vice President, and Guy E. Darland Secretary and Treasurer. In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Geronimo . Commercial vehicles and tractors were added. In January 1919, Darland was replaced by EJ Masemore.

In the summer of 1920, money was borrowed to buy parts and machinery and expand. A fire in August 1920 destroyed the plant. The damage amounted to about 250,000 US dollars . The insurance was only taken out for $ 65,000. That was the end for the company.

A total of 143 passenger cars were built . About 100 of these were exported to France .

vehicles

In 1917 there was the Model 4-A-40 . It had a four-cylinder engine from Lycoming with 37 hp power. The chassis had a wheelbase of 290 cm . The only structure was a touring car with five seats.

The Model 6-A-45 followed in 1918 . It had a six-cylinder engine from the Rutenber Motor Company that developed 45 hp. The wheelbase was 310 cm. There was a choice of a seven-seater touring car and a two-seater roadster .

In 1919 a touring car with seven seats and a chummy roadster with four seats were added.

In 1920 the wheelbase was lengthened by an inch (2.54 centimeters). A touring car with five seats, another touring car without specifying the number of seats, a roadster with two seats and a speedster with two seats were available.

There was also a one-ton truck and a four-wheel drive tractor.

Car model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1917 Model 4-A-40 4th 37 290 5-seater touring car
1918 Model 6-A-45 6th 45 310 7-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1919 Model 6-A-45 6th 45 310 Touring car 5-seat and 7-seat, Chummy Roadster 4-seat, Roadster 2-seat
1920 Model 6-A-45 6th 45 312 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 2-seater Speedster

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. 637 (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. 620 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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. 637 (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. 620 (English).