Herff-Brooks Corporation

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Herff-Brooks Corporation
legal form Corporation
founding 1913
resolution 1916
Seat Indianapolis , Indiana , USA
Branch Automobiles

Herff-Brooks Corporation was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

George, Herbert, and Jacob Herff sold Marathon Motor Works vehicles in Indianapolis , Indiana . HH Brooks was the sales manager at Marathon. Together they founded the company in Indianapolis in August 1913. At first they only sold Marathon vehicles. In 1914 they also made some vehicles for Marathon. Marathon went bankrupt in the summer . Herff-Brooks continued production at their own expense from 1915. The brand name was Herff-Brooks . Production ended in 1916.

There was also a connection to the Pontiac Chassis Company .

vehicles

In 1915 there was the Model 4-40 . The four-cylinder engine developed 32 hp . The chassis had a 300 cm wheelbase . The bodies were a touring car with five seats and a roadster with two seats. The Model 50 was also part of the range. It had a six-cylinder engine with 38 hp. The wheelbase was 315 cm. The range of bodies corresponded to the other model.

In 1916 the Model 4-35 was the entry-level model. Compared to the previous year, the engine output was reduced to 26 hp and the wheelbase was shortened to 279 cm. The touring car remained unchanged with five seats, while five seats were now also specified for the roadster. The six-cylinder model was now called Model 6-50 . Only the wheelbase of 305 cm had been changed for him.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1915 Model 4-40 4th 32 300 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1915 Model 50 6th 38 315 Roadster 2-seater, touring car 5-seater
1916 Model 4-35 4th 26th 279 5-seater touring car, 5-seater roadster
1916 Model 6-50 6th 38 305 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster

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. 698 (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. 686 (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. 698 (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. 686 (English).