Indiana Motor & Manufacturing Company

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Indiana Motor & Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1909
resolution 1914
Seat Franklin , Indiana , USA
management Frank M. Millikan
Branch Automobiles

Indiana Motor & Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1909 in Franklin , Indiana . John C. Billheimer was the president. In December 1909 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was initially Continental . In the spring of 1912 the bankruptcy followed . In June, the Security Trust Company sold the company to Frank M. Millikan. Frank N. Martindale became his partner. They continued production. In late 1913, they changed the brand name for the 1914 model year to Martindale & Millikan . Production ended in 1914.

The Continental Auto Parts Company took over the remainder of the company, manufactured spare parts, and moved to Knightstown , Indiana , in January 1916 .

vehicles

Only vehicles with four-cylinder engines and open bodies were on offer .

The Thirty-Five (English for 35) had an engine with 35 hp . The wheelbase was 295 cm. In the first model year there was only one five-seater touring car . In the following year, a four-seat torpedo and a two-seat runabout supplemented the range of bodies. The torpedo was discontinued in model year 1912. There was a choice of fore-door touring cars with five seats and fore-door roadsters with two seats.

The Thirty (English for 30) was only available in model year 1913. Its engine developed 30 hp. The wheelbase remained unchanged. The only structure was a five-seater touring car.

At the same time there was the Forty (English for 40). It had a 40 hp engine. Its chassis was slightly longer with a 297 cm wheelbase. It was available as a fore-door touring car with five seats and a fore-door roadster with two seats.

For the model year 1914, not only the brand name changed, but also the system of model designation. The model XXX ( Roman numerals for 30) had an engine with 30 hp. The wheelbase was shortened to 279 cm. The vehicles were bodied as touring cars.

In the case of Model XXXII (Roman for 32), the number was an indication of the engine output of 32 hp. The wheelbase was 300 cm. They were touring cars too.

Model overview

year brand model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1910 Continental Thirty-five 4th 35 295 5-seater touring car
1911 Continental Thirty-five 4th 35 295 5-seater touring car, 4-seater torpedo, 2-seater runabout
1912 Continental Thirty-five 4th 35 295 Fore-door touring car, 5-seater, fore-door roadster, 2-seater
1913 Continental Thirty 4th 30th 295 5-seater touring car
1913 Continental Forty 4th 40 297 Fore-door touring car, 5-seater, fore-door roadster, 2-seater
1914 Martindale & Millikan Model XXX 4th 30th 279 Touring car
1914 Martindale & Millikan Model XXXII 4th 32 300 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. 372 (English).
  • George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A – F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 331. (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. 372 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , p. 331. (English)