Henry Motor Car Company

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Henry Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1909
resolution 1912
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Muskegon , Michigan , USA
management John Q. Rose
Branch Automobiles

Henry Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Muskegon , Michigan in 1909 . WL Simonton was President, Charles F. Latimer Vice President, Charles H. Latimer Treasurer, and PH De Mange Secretary. The designer was David W. Henry, who worked for the Columbia Automobile Company for ten years . The company moved into a new factory that the local Chamber of Commerce built for the Gary Motor Car Company , but that went into production. They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was named after the designer Henry .

In late 1910 or 1911, Henry moved to Colby Motor Company . In September 1911, John Q. Rose replaced Simonton as president. In the spring of 1912 the bankruptcy followed . Production ended with that.

A total of around 600 vehicles were built.

vehicles

In 1910 there was only the Model 35 . Like all of the following vehicles, it had a four-cylinder engine . 104.775 mm bore and 133.35 mm stroke resulted in 4599 cc displacement and 35 hp . The chassis had a 295 cm wheelbase . The Model D had five seats, the Model L only four. Both were touring cars .

From 1911 to 1912 there were three model series with a total of nine models in the range. The Twenty-Four (English for 24) had an engine with 95.25 mm bore, 114.3 mm stroke, 3228 cm³ displacement and 24 hp. The wheelbase was 269 cm. The only building was a roadster in the model K . The Thirty (English for 30) had an engine with 101.6 mm bore, the same stroke, 3707 cm³ displacement and made 30 hp. The wheelbase was slightly longer at 284 cm. The Model A was a touring car with five seats. The Forty had the engine of the previous year's model, but increased its power to 40 hp. The wheelbase also remained unchanged. Model B was a demi-tonneau with four seats, Model E a roadster, Model F and Model M a touring car with five seats, Model H a demi-tonneau , Model I a torpedo - tourist and Model P a so-called road star .

Model overview

year model execution cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1910 Model 35 Model D 4th 35 295 5-seater touring car
1910 Model 35 Model L 4th 35 295 4-seater touring car
1911-1912 Twenty-four Model K 4th 24 269 Roadster
1911-1912 Thirty Model A 4th 30th 284 5-seater touring car
1911-1912 Forty Model B 4th 24 269 Demi-Tonneau 4-seater
1911-1912 Forty Model E. 4th 24 269 Roadster
1911-1912 Forty Model F 4th 24 269 5-seater touring car
1911-1912 Forty Model H 4th 24 269 Demi-tonneau
1911-1912 Forty Model I. 4th 24 269 Torpedo tourist
1911-1912 Forty Model M 4th 24 269 5-seater touring car
1911-1912 Forty Mode P 4th 24 269 Road star

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. 697 (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. 684 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f 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. 697 (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. 684 (English).