Grinnell Electric Automobile Company

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Grinnell Electric Automobile Company
legal form Company
founding 1911
resolution 1916
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
management
  • CA Grinnell
  • Ira Grinnell
Branch Automobiles

Grinnell Electric Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1911 as one of the two successor companies to the Phipps-Grinnell Automobile Company , after the partners Phipps and Grinnell separated. The seat was in Detroit , Michigan . CA Grinnell and Ira Grinnell ran it. They started producing automobiles in 1912. The brand name was Grinnell . Production ended in 1915. In January 1916, the owners announced the end of production in a newspaper advertisement.

vehicles

Only electric cars were on offer . They were similar to the models of the predecessor company.

For 1912, Model H as a Brougham with 229 cm wheelbase and Model K as a coupé with 234 cm wheelbase have been handed down.

In 1913 the Model H was referred to as a coupe. When Model K the wheelbase has been extended to 239 cm. Model M was new . This coupe was based on a chassis with a 244 cm wheelbase.

In 1914 only the Model K was taken over. For this, the Model R appeared with a 267 cm wheelbase, which was called the French Brougham , and the Model S as a Brougham with a 254 cm wheelbase.

Model K was discontinued in 1915 . The other two models from the previous year remained unchanged in the range.

Model overview

year model Wheelbase (cm) construction
1912 Model H 229 Brougham
1912 Model K 234 Coupe
1913 Model H 229 Coupe
1913 Model K 239 Coupe
1913 Model M 244 Coupe
1914 Model K 239 Coupe
1914 Model R 267 French Brougham
1914 Model S 254 Brougham
1915 Model R 267 French Brougham
1915 Model S 254 Brougham

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. 661 (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. 650 (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. 661 (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. 650 (English).