Globe Motors Company

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Globe Motors Company
legal form Company
founding 1920
resolution 1922
Seat Cleveland , Ohio , USA
management Charles H. Davies
Branch Automobiles

Globe Motors Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Charles H. Davies was the founder, vice president, and general manager of engine manufacturer Supreme Motors Corporation . He left the company and founded his own automobile production company in September 1920. The seat was in Cleveland , Ohio . The brand name was Globe . Production ended in 1921 and marketing in 1922.

vehicles

Only one model was offered, the Globe Four . The four-cylinder engine came from Supreme. It was rated at 18.2 hp and made 39 hp . The chassis had a 292 cm wheelbase . A touring car with five seats, a roadster and a particularly sporty roadster were available. Special features were interior and engine compartment lighting.

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. 643 (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. 630 (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. 643 (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. 630 (English).