Grant Motor Car Corporation

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Grant Motor Company
Grant Motor Car Corporation
legal form Corporation
founding 1913
resolution 1923
Seat Cleveland , Ohio , USA
management David Shaw
Branch Automobiles

Grant Model M as a two-seater roadster
Grant Model G as a five-seater touring car from 1919
Six-cylinder engine of the Grant Model G from 1919

Grant Motor Car Corporation , previously Grant Motor Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The brothers George D. and Charles A. Grant ran a car dealership in Detroit , Michigan , from around 1901 . In 1913 they founded the Grant Motor Company in the same town for vehicle production. George became President, Charles Vice President. Secretary and Treasurer David A. Shaw previously worked for the Simplex Motor Car Company . Chief Engineer James ML Howe had experience with James Cunningham, Son & Company , Selden Motor Vehicle Company , Studebaker Corporation and ER Thomas Motor Car Company . Factory manager George S. Salzman had already manufactured a vehicle in 1897 and then worked for Simplex and Thomas. Sales manager George S. Waite previously worked for Simplex and Thomas. They started producing automobiles on a small scale in 1913. The brand name was Grant . In the UK , the vehicles were marketed as a Whiting Grant .

In November 1913, the company moved to the former Findlay Motor Company in Findlay , Ohio . 2000 vehicles were built in 1914, 2100 in the following year and 4000 in 1916.

In 1916 the name was changed to Grant Motor Car Corporation . At the end of the year, they moved into a new facility in Cleveland , Ohio. It should have an annual capacity of 35,000 vehicles. 12,000 vehicles were built in 1917. In the same year, the commercial vehicle manufacturer Denneen Motor Company from the same city was taken over. Then the company also manufactured trucks brand Denmo-Grant . Around 10,000 passenger cars were built in 1918 and 1919 . The Findlay plant produced ammunition during the First World War .

After the war, David Shaw was the new president. He introduced a new post-war model in October 1919, for which 21,000 orders had been placed. In March 1920, shares in the engine manufacturer HJ Walker Manufacturing Company were acquired. The company was hit hard by the Depression of the early 1920s. In 1920 only 5400 vehicles were built. The shares in Walker were sold again. Bankruptcy began in October 1922 . Then the car production ended. The production of the trucks continued to a small extent.

In June 1923 the company was dissolved and the Cleveland plant was sold to the Lincoln Electric Company .

There was no connection to the Grant Motor Car Company , which offered vehicles as Grant Six .

vehicles

From 1913 to 1914 there was the 12 HP . It had a four-cylinder engine with 12 hp . The chassis had a 229 cm wheelbase and 142 cm track width . This made it a small car by American standards, but positioned above the cycle cars . The only structure was a two-seater roadster .

1915 from the Model M . The dates didn't change. The original price could be reduced to 425 US dollars . The Model S completed the range. It had a six-cylinder engine with 20 hp. The wheelbase was 269 cm. Available were touring car with five seats and Roadster with two seats.

The four-cylinder model was discontinued in 1916. The six-cylinder model was further developed into the Model V. The engine now developed 22 hp. The wheelbase was lengthened to 284 cm. An additional body design was a convertible .

1917 from the Model K . A five-seat touring limousine was added.

Model G followed in 1918 . The wheelbase was now 290 cm. Bodies were touring cars with five seats, roadsters with three seats, sedan touring cars and sedan roadsters.

In 1919, some new bodies were available. Touring cars and roadsters remained unchanged. In addition, a detachable sedan with five seats, an all-weather sedan and an all-weather coupé were named.

For the model year 1920, the Model H was a new development. The six-cylinder engine developed 35 hp. The wheelbase was 295 cm. There was a choice of touring cars with five seats, roadsters with two seats, sedans with five seats and coupés with three seats.

In 1921 it became the HX model . The engine output had been increased to 45 hp. The coupé now offered space for four people. The other bodies remained unchanged.

In 1922 this model was simply offered as the Six .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1913-1914 12 HP 4th 12 229 Roadster 2-seater
1915 Model M 4th 12 229 Roadster 2-seater
1915 Model S 6th 20th 269 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1916 Model V 6th 22nd 284 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, cabriolet
1917 Model K 6th 22nd 284 5-seater touring car, cabriolet, 5-seater touring limousine, 2-seater roadster
1918 Model G 6th 22nd 290 5-seater touring car, 3-seater roadster, sedan touring car, sedan roadster
1919 Model G 6th 22nd 290 5-seater touring car, 3-seater roadster, 5-seater detachable sedan, all-weather sedan, all-weather coupé
1920 Model H 6th 35 295 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 5-seater sedan, 3-seater coupé
1921 Model HX 6th 45 295 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 4-seater coupé, 5-seater sedan
1922 Six 6th 45 295 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 4-seater coupé, 5-seater sedan

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. 652-654 (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).

Web links

Commons : Grant Motor Car Corporation  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

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. 652-654 (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).