Harry A. Miller Manufacturing Company

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Master Carburetor Company
Harry A. Miller Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1912
resolution 1933
Seat Los Angeles , California , USA
management Harold Arminius Miller
Branch Automobiles , engines

Golden Submarine from 1917
Miller 122-91 from 1922
Miller Junior Eight from 1925
Racing car from 1928
Racing car from 1931

Harry A. Miller Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles and engines .

Company history

Harold Arminius Miller had already manufactured a passenger car for his own use in Los Angeles , California in 1905 . In 1911 he founded New-Miller Manufacturing to manufacture carburetors . This company existed until the early 1920s.

In 1912 he founded the Master Carburetor Company , which was later renamed the Harry A. Miller Manufacturing Company . He made fuel pumps , carburetors and pistons .

Motors and chassis for racing cars were added in 1915 . Fred Offenhauser was involved. In 1917, the Golden Submarine was created , a closed racing car with a streamlined body.

Later, a few automobiles were made that became known as Miller . Bankruptcy followed in 1933 . Fred Offenhauser took over and founded Offenhauser .

Products

The first racing engines were named 183 . It's not sure if this represents their displacement in cubic inches . The value is equivalent to 3000 cm³. These engines dominated the American racing scene until 1922.

After that, new regulations came into force. The displacement was limited to 122 cubic inches or 2000 cm³. The new engine was named 122 . It was an eight-cylinder in - line engine . The successes continued.

In 1923, two car models were announced. One should have a four-cylinder engine and have approximately 2,000 US dollars cost. The 2-liter racing engine was planned for the other model. The price should be $ 10,000. The company was too busy, however, that not even prototypes were made.

In 1926, the organizers of the Indianapolis 500 followed the international guidelines and restricted the displacement to 91.5 cubic inches or 1500 cm³. With the 91, Miller designed a new engine that complied with the displacement limit. It was equipped with a compressor . The production of these engines ran until 1929.

Miller offered passenger cars between 1928 and 1932. They were created according to customer orders. The first vehicle from 1928 had a specially developed V8 engine with a displacement of 310 cubic inches (5080 cm³). The all-wheel drive was unusual . The body was an open Speedster , manufactured by Kirchhoff. The buyer was Phillip Chancellor, a wealthy athlete from Santa Barbara . The second vehicle was produced in 1932. The client was the diplomat William AM Burden from New York City . The car had a V16 engine with 303 cubic inches (4965 cm³) displacement, which was charged by a compressor. The Speedster also had all-wheel drive and cost $ 35,000.

Overview of car brands from the US, the Miller include

brand Manufacturer Marketing start End of marketing Location, state
Frayer-Miller Buckeye National Motor Car Company 1904 1909 Springfield, Ohio
Miller Miller 1901 1902 Orrville, Ohio
Miller Miller Motor Company 1907 1907 Bridgeport, Connecticut
Miller Miller Car Company 1911 1914 Detroit, Michigan
Miller Harry A. Miller Manufacturing Company 1928 1932 Los Angeles, California
Miller-Peters Miller-Peters Motor Car Company 1907 1907 Newport, Kentucky
Miller-Quincy EM Miller Company 1922 1924 Quincy, Illinois

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. 976-977 (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. 1037 (English).

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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. 976-977 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Carl Bomstead: American Car Collector (English, accessed May 18, 2019)
  3. ^ A b Brian Lohnes: Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Harry Miller (accessed May 18, 2019)
  4. ↑ 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. 1037 (English).
  5. ↑ Mark Theobald - Coachbuilt.com: J. Gerard Kirchhoff Body Works (accessed December 11, 2019)