Herreshoff Motor Company

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Herreshoff Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1908
resolution 1914
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
Branch Automobiles

Herreshoff Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Charles Frederick Herreshoff founded the company in September 1908. The company was based in Detroit , Michigan . In 1909 the production of automobiles began in the former ER Thomas-Detroit Company plant. The brand name was Herreshoff . In September 1911, work began on a new plant, also in Detroit.

Herreshoff left the company in March 1914. Ernst C. and Otto Kern bought it in May of the same year. Production ended in 1914. JC Gorey & Company of New York City later took over the parts and machines.

vehicles

In the first few years self-made four-cylinder engines drove the vehicles. Built-in motors from Lycoming were later used. Six-cylinder engines were available from 1913 .

In the model year 1909 there was the Model 20-A . The four-cylinder engine developed 24 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 254 cm . There was a choice of touring cars with five seats, roadsters with two seats and a Colonial Coupé .

In 1910, the two-seater runabout , four-seater tourabout and five-seater touring car were the bodies of the otherwise unchanged vehicles.

In 1911 it became the Model 25 . The engine output was increased to 25 hp and the wheelbase was reduced to 249 cm. A five-seat touring car and a light delivery van have survived. However, one illustration also shows a runabout. The new Model 30 was an addition to the range. The engine developed 30 hp. The wheelbase was 279 cm. Touring cars with five seats, a demi-tonneau and a limousine were available.

In 1912 the range was limited to the Model 25 . Runabout, Roadster and Coupé had a wheelbase of 254 cm. There was also a touring car with a 279 cm wheelbase.

In 1913 the Model 30 from 1911 reappeared. The data was unchanged. The vehicles were either bodied as a five-seat touring car or as a two-seat runabout. The Six-36 was the manufacturer's first six-cylinder model. The engine developed 40 hp. The wheelbase was 315 cm. Touring cars with five seats and roadsters with two seats were available.

In 1914 the Model 4-30 was the entry-level model. The engine output corresponded to the previous year's model, while the wheelbase was shortened to 254 cm. The roadster had two seats and the touring car had four. The six-cylinder model with otherwise unchanged data was now called Model 6-40 . The roadster had two seats. There were also touring cars with five, six and seven seats.

One vehicle received was in Austria at the beginning of 2020 .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1909 Model 20-A 4th 24 254 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, Colonial Coupé
1910 Model 20-A 4th 24 254 Runabout 2-seater, Tourabout 4-seater, touring car 5-seater
1911 Model 25 4th 25th 249 5-seater touring car, light delivery van
1911 Model 30 4th 30th 279 5-seater touring car, demi-tonneau, limousine
1912 Model 25 4th 25th 254 Runabout, roadster, coupé
1912 Model 25 4th 25th 279 Touring car
1913 Model 30 4th 30th 279 5-seater touring car, 2-seater runabout
1913 Six-36 6th 40 315 5-seater touring car, 2-seater runabout
1914 Model 4-30 4th 30th 254 Roadster 2-seater, touring car 5-seater
1914 Model 6-40 6th 40 315 Roadster 2-seater, touring car 5-seater and 6-seater and 7-seater

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. 699 (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. 688-689 (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. 699 (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. 688-689 (English).
  3. ↑ Who knows Herreshoff? In: Oldtimer Markt , issue 2/2020, p. 201.