Hanson Motor Company

Hanson Motor Company
legal form	Company
founding	1917
resolution	1925
Seat	Atlanta , Georgia , USA
management	George Washington Hanson
Branch	Automobiles

Hanson Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

George Washington Hanson sold vehicles from the HH Franklin Manufacturing Company in the 1900s , from 1907 also from the Everitt-Metzger-Flanders Company and then from the Saxon Motor Car Corporation .

Together with Don M. Ferguson, he made a prototype at the Puritan Machine Company's facility in Detroit in early 1917 . The vehicle was presented on February 27, 1917 at the Southeastern Automobile Show in Atlanta , Georgia . The partners started building a plant in Atlanta for 50,000 US dollars . When it was done in the spring, it was first used for military purposes, as the United States now the First World War was involved. The company was only founded in December 1917. In May 1918 the government approved the plant. In June 1918 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Hanson .

In March 1922, the American Motors Export Company was taken over. Even so, business was bad at the time. Production ended in 1925.

A total of around 1800 vehicles were built.

vehicles

All models had a six-cylinder engine from the Continental Motors Company .

The main model was simply called the Six . It was in the range during the entire production time and was further developed during this time. From 1918 to 1919 the engine developed 45 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 302 cm . The only structure was a touring car with five seats. In 1920 the engine output was increased to 55 hp and the wheelbase was lengthened to 307 cm. A two-seat roadster and a five-seat sedan were added. In 1921 a four-seater sport supplemented the offer. In 1922, both a touring car with seven seats and a coupé with four seats were added. In 1923 the engine output was increased to 66 hp. From 1924 the seven-seater and the coupe were discontinued.

Little Six appeared in 1922 . Its engine developed 50 hp. The wheelbase was 284 cm. The vehicles were bodied as touring cars with five seats.

In 1923 this model was replaced by the Special Six . The wheelbase was extended by 8 cm to 292 cm. It stayed with the five-seat touring car.

Model overview

year	model	cylinder	Power ( hp )	Wheelbase (cm)	construction
1918-1919	Six	6th	45	302	5-seater touring car
1920	Six	6th	55	307	5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 5-seater sedan
1921	Six	6th	55	307	Roadster 2-seater, Sport 4-seater, sedan 5-seater, touring car 5-seater
1922	Little Six	6th	50	284	5-seater touring car
1922	Six	6th	55	307	5-seater and 7-seater touring cars, 2-seater roadster, 4-seater sport, 4-seater coupé, 5-seater sedan
1923	Special Six	6th	50	292	5-seater touring car
1923	Six	6th	66	307	5-seater and 7-seater touring cars, 2-seater roadster, 4-seater sport, 5-seater sedan, 4-seater coupé
1924-1925	Six	6th	66	307	Roadster 2-seater, touring car 5-seater, Sport 4-seater, sedan 5-seater

Production numbers

year	Production number
1917	2
1918	182
1919	278
1920	327
1921	524
1922	286
1923	129
1924	81
total	1809

Source: For 1924 there is also reference 61. Another source names between 840 and almost 1900 vehicles.

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. 675-676 (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. 670-671 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} 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. 675-676 (English).
2. ↑ ^{a b} 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. 670-671 (English).