Hammer-Sommer Auto Carriage Company

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Hammer-Sommer Auto Carriage Company Ltd.
legal form Ltd.
founding 1903
resolution 1904
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
management
  • Henry F. Hammer
  • Herman A. Sommer
  • William J. Summer
Branch Automobiles

Hammer-Sommer Auto Carriage Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Henry F. Hammer, Herman A. Sommer and William J. Sommer founded the company in 1903. The seat was in Detroit , Michigan . They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Hammer-Sommer . Towards the end of the spring of 1904, the partners separated. The joint company was dissolved.

Hammer then founded the Hammer Motor Company with other partners . The rest of the summer, however, led to the Sommer Motor Car Company .

vehicles

The 6.7 HP had a single cylinder engine . It was mounted under the seat and developed 6.7 hp . The front hood rose slightly towards the rear. The vehicles were thus similar to the Renault models at the time . There were three different bodies to choose from: Model A , Model B and Model C. All were open runabouts with two seats.

The 12 HP had a two-cylinder engine with 12 HP power. The design of the front corresponded to the smaller model. The chassis had a wheelbase of 203 cm . The only body shape was a five-seater touring car .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1903-1904 6.7 HP 1 6.7 Runabout
1903-1904 12 HP 2 12 203 5-seater touring car

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. 672-673 (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. 664 (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. 672-673 (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. 664 (English).