Hassler Motor Company

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Hassler Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1917
resolution 1917
Seat Indianapolis , Indiana , USA
management Robert H. Hassler
Branch Automobiles

Hassler Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Robert H. Hassler was one of the founders of the Marion Motor Car Company in 1904 . Later he manufactured shock absorbers , power transmissions and other components for vehicles with his Robert H. Hassler Inc.

In 1917 he founded the company in Indianapolis , Indiana . He made automobiles, which he named Hassler after his name . The first vehicles were presented at the Chicago Motor Show. Production ended in the same year.

vehicles

Only one model was on offer. It had a four-cylinder engine from Buda Engine Co. 95.25 mm bore and 130.175 mm stroke gave a 3710 cc displacement .

The chassis had a wheelbase of 284 cm . The only structure was an open roadster . The original price was 1650 US dollars .

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. 682 (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. 674 (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. 682 (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. 674 (English).