HCS Cab Manufacturing Company

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HCS Motor Car Company
H. CS Cab Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1919
resolution 1927
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Indianapolis , Indiana , USA
management Harry C. Stutz
Branch Automobiles

The building in Indianapolis
HCS Series II from 1920
HCS Series IV Model 4 from 1923

HCS Cab Manufacturing Company , previously HCS Motor Car Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Harry C. Stutz had already gained experience in automobile construction with the Stutz Manufacturing Company and the Stutz Motor Car Company of America . In the fall of 1919, he founded the HCS Motor Car Company in Indianapolis , Indiana . Stutz became President, Samuel T. Murdock Vice President, HG Campbell Treasurer, and Gordon Murdock Secretary. They started producing automobiles in May 1920. The brand name was HCS .

In October 1924, Stutz founded the HCS Cab Manufacturing Company as the successor company. Henry Campbell, AG Murdock, HK Grubb, AV Clifford, ER Raub Jr. and FE Matson were involved. Now the focus was on the production of taxis . The success remained low. In 1927 it went bankrupt .

vehicles

Initially, luxury cars were on offer.

From 1920 to 1921 there was the Series II . It had a four-cylinder MB type engine from Weidely Motors Company . He had OHV valve control and made 50 HP from 3723 cm³ displacement . The transmission had three gears. The chassis had a 305 cm wheelbase . There was a choice of open touring cars with four seats and roadsters with two seats.

The Series III followed in 1922 . A coupé with three seats and a sedan with five seats completed the range of bodies.

Between 1923 and 1924, the Series IV was available as Model 4 . The engine output had been increased to 52 hp. Another source gives 3982 cm³ displacement and 55 HP power. Touring cars with five seats, roadsters with two seats, brougham and coupé have survived. The Series VI was new as Model 6 . He had a six-cylinder engine of Midwest . It had a displacement of 4730 cm³ and was specified with 80 hp. The wheelbase was 320 cm. The range of bodies was limited to a touring car and a limousine with five seats.

From August 1924 taxis were produced. The engines came from Waukesha Engines . At least the first had a 279 cm wheelbase.

Racing

Tommy Milton won the Indianapolis 500 race in 1923 . He drove an HCS Special built by the Harry A. Miller Manufacturing Company .

Model overview

year model execution cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1920-1921 Series II 4th 50 305 4-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1922 Series III 4th 50 305 4-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 3-seater coupé, 5-seater sedan
1923-1924 Series IV Model 4 4th 52 305 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, Brougham, Coupé
1923-1924 Series VI Model 6 6th 80 320 Touring car, sedan 5-seater

Production numbers

Only the production figures up to 1924 are known.

year Production number
1920 248
1921 427
1922 523
1923 606
1924 371
total 2175

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. 692-693 (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. 678-679 (English).

Web links

Commons : HCS Cab Manufacturing Company  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k 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. 692-693 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c 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. 678-679 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c The Indianapolis Automobile Industry (accessed May 11, 2019)