Grant Motor Car Company

Grant Motor Car Company
legal form	Company
founding	1912
resolution	1913
Seat	Cleveland , Ohio , USA
Branch	Automobiles

Grant Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Harry Elmer of Elmer Auto Corporation in Elkhart , Indiana , developed a vehicle in 1911. However, there was no possibility for a production in Indiana. He then moved to Cleveland , Ohio . The Grant-Lees Machine Company provided the necessary financial backing and founded the Grant Motor Car Company as an independent division. Harry Elmer became a manager. Automobile production began in April 1912. The brand name was Grant Six . Elmer left the company in November 1912. Production ended in early 1913.

There was no connection to the Grant Motor Car Corporation , which offered vehicles as a grant .

vehicles

The only model had a six-cylinder engine . It made 50 hp . One illustration shows an open touring car . The original price was 2750 US dollars .

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. 654 (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. 645 (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. 654 (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. 645 (English).