Hill Motor Car Company

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Hill Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1904
resolution after 1908
Seat Haverhill , Massachusetts , USA
management Elmer C. Bassett
Branch Automobiles

Hill Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

George S. Hill founded the company in Haverhill , Massachusetts in 1904 . He started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Hill . Production ended in 1908. A total of around ten vehicles were built.

In 1908 Elmer C. Bassett took over. He limited himself to working as a repair shop and car dealership for Buick and Maxwell .

vehicles

The gasoline engines came from the Upton Machine Company . One feature was air cooling . The wheelbase of all chassis was 229 cm. The vehicles were open touring cars with five seats. Bryant made the bodies.

In 1904 there was the 16/18 HP . Its two-cylinder engine was specified with 16/18 hp .

From 1905 to 1906 it became the 20/22 HP . The engine power had been increased according to the model designation.

This model remained in the range from 1907 to 1908. In addition, the 35 HP was introduced. Its four-cylinder engine developed 35 hp.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1904 16/18 HP 2 16/18 229 5-seater touring car
1905-1906 20/22 HP 2 20/22 229 5-seater touring car
1907-1908 20/22 HP 2 20/22 229 5-seater touring car
1907-1908 35 HP 4th 35 229 5-seater touring car

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. 704 (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. 691 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 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. 704 (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. 691 (English).