James Cunningham, Son & Company

James Cunningham, Son & Company
legal form	Company
founding	1882
resolution	1937
Seat	Rochester , New York , USA
Branch	Automobiles

Cunningham Series V-4 from 1922 on the long chassis

James Cunningham, Son & Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company dates back to 1838. James Cunningham founded it in 1882 to manufacture carriages . The seat was in Rochester , New York . After the death of James Cunningham in 1886, his son Joseph ran the company. In 1900, at least one electric car was created as a prototype . Automobile production did not begin until 1907. The brand name was Cunningham . They were luxury automobiles. Buyers included Mary Pickford , Harold Lloyd , William Randolph Hearst , Blanche Sweet , Roscoe Arbuckle and Cecil B. DeMille .

Due to the global economic crisis in 1929, the company's own vehicle production ended. Hearse and ambulances continued to be produced. From the mid-1930s to 1937, some bodies based on the Ford V8 followed . Then the company was dissolved.

The highest production figure in a year was 375 vehicles. 185 of them were passenger cars .

vehicles

The company manufactured luxury vehicles. The engines initially came from Buffalo and the Continental Motors Company . Superstructures were created according to customer requirements.

Model J appeared in 1911 . It had a self-made four-cylinder engine with 40 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 315 cm . There was a choice of bodies as a seven-seater touring car , runabout , limousine and landaulet .

In 1912 only the superstructure changed. Now the offer was runabout, five-seat Phaeton , seven-seat touring car, four-seat torpedo , four-seat toy tonneau , seven-seat limousine and also seven-seat landaulet.

Model M followed in 1913 . The engine was now specified with 36.1 hp. The wheelbase remained unchanged. The touring cars, limousines and landaulets with seven seats each, the Phaeton and Torpedo with five seats each and a runabout are mentioned.

1914 from the Model R . The wheelbase had been extended to 328 cm. There were touring cars with four, five and seven seats, runabouts, limousines and landaulets.

In 1915, only the name changed in Model S .

The five-seat touring car in the Model S was discontinued in 1916 .

In 1917, a V8 engine was introduced with the Series V. It had 442 cubic inches of displacement , corresponding to 7243 cm³ displacement, and was specified with 45 hp. The wheelbase was 335 cm. There was a choice of five- and seven-seat touring cars, two- and three-seat roadsters , five- and eight-seat sedans, four-seat toy tonneau, four-seat coupé , six-seat town car , five-seat touring sedan and a four-seat roadster coupé.

In 1918 there were touring cars with four and seven seats, roadsters with four seats, landaulets, sedans, coupes and town cars.

In 1919 the coupés and town cars were discontinued.

From 1920 there was a choice between 335 cm and 361 cm wheelbase. The shorter chassis formed the basis for touring cars with four seats, roadsters and limousines in 1920. Touring cars with six seats, sedans, city limousines and landaulets were based on the longer chassis. The engine output was now given as 95 hp.

In 1921 there were touring cars with six seats, town cars and convertibles on both chassis, as well as a short limousine and a long seven-seat touring car.

In 1922, a special speed roadster , a special speed touring car , four and seven-seater touring cars, coupé, sedan and roadster were on offer on the short chassis . On the long chassis there was a seven-seat touring car, a six-seat sedan, another sedan and a landaulet.

In 1923 it was renamed Series V-4 . There was a four- and a six-seat touring car, a three-seat roadster and a four-seat coupé on the short chassis, as well as sedans with six and seven seats, a landaulet with six seats and a town car with six seats.

In 1924 the Series V-5 appeared . The engine output was specified with 90 hp. There was only one four-seater touring car on the short chassis. Six- and seven-seater touring cars and four- and six-seater sedans were available on the long chassis.

For the period from 1925 to 1926 it became the Series V-6 . The range on the short chassis included roadsters, a sporty touring car with four seats and touring cars with six and seven seats. A four-seater sedan, an inside drive sedan , an inside drive convertible , a French Brougham and a convertible were available on the long chassis .

In 1927 the long chassis was no longer mentioned. The four-seat roadster, four-seat touring car, four-seat sedan, six-seat sedan and six-seat town car are named.

For the model years 1928 to 1929 it became the Series V-7 . Now both chassis lengths have been listed again. In addition, the engine output had been increased to 106 hp. With the short chassis there were roadsters, four-seater touring cars, a four-seater Enclosed Drive , a Petit Cabriolet and a two-seater coupe. Six and seven-seat touring cars, a Special Speed ​​Roadster , a four-seat Special Speed , an Enclosed Drive Sedan and a Town Sedan were based on the long chassis .

Model overview

year	model	cylinder	Power ( hp )	Wheelbase (cm)	construction
1911	Model J	4th	40	315	7-seater touring car, runabout, limousine, landaulet
1912	Model J	4th	40	315	Runabout, Phaeton 5-seat, touring car 7-seat, Torpedo 4-seat, Toy Tonneau 4-seat, Limousine 7-seat, Landaulet 7-seat
1913	Model M	4th	36.1	315	7-seater touring car, 5-seater Phaeton, 5-seater torpedo, runabout, 7-seater sedan, 7-seater landaulet
1914	Model R	4th	36.1	328	4-seater and 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars, runabouts, limousines, landaulets
1915	Model S	4th	36.1	328	4-seater and 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars, runabouts, limousines, landaulets
1916	Model S	4th	36.1	328	4-seater and 7-seater touring cars, runabouts, limousines, landaulets
1917	Series V	8th	45	335	5-seater and 7-seater touring car, 2-seater and 3-seater roadster, 5-seater and 8-seater sedan, 4-seater toy tonneau, 4-seater coupé, 6-seater town car, 5-seater touring sedan , 4-seater roadster coupé
1918	Series V	8th	45	335	4-seater and 7-seater touring car, 4-seater roadster, landaulet, limousine, coupé, town car
1919	Series V	8th	45	335	4-seater and 7-seater touring cars, 4-seater roadsters, sedans, landaulets
1920	Series V	8th	95	335	4-seater touring car, roadster, limousine
1920	Series V	8th	95	361	6-seater touring car, limousine, town limousine, landaulet
1921	Series V	8th	95	335	6-seater touring car, limousine, town car, convertible
1921	Series V	8th	95	361	6-seater and 7-seater touring cars, town cars, cabriolets
1922	Series V-4	8th	95	335	Special Speed ​​Roadster, Special Speed ​​touring car, 4-seater and 7-seater touring car, coupé, limousine, roadster
1922	Series V-4	8th	95	361	7-seater touring car, 6-seater sedan, sedan, landaulet
1923	Series V-4	8th	95	335	4-seater and 6-seater touring car, 3-seater roadster, 4-seater coupé
1923	Series V-4	8th	95	361	6-seater and 7-seater limousine, 6-seater landaulet, 6-seater town car
1924	Series V-5	8th	90	335	4-seater touring car
1924	Series V-5	8th	90	361	6-seater and 7-seater touring cars, 4-seater and 6-seater sedans
1925-1926	Series V-6	8th	90	335	Roadster, sports touring car 4-seater, touring car 6-seater and 7-seater
1925-1926	Series V-6	8th	90	361	4-seater sedan, convertible, French Brougham
1927	Series V-6	8th	90	335	Roadster 4-seater, touring car 4-seater, sedan 4-seater and 6-seater, Town Car 6-seater
1928-1929	Series V-7	8th	106	335	Roadster, touring car 4-seater, convertible, coupé 2-seater
1928-1929	Series V-7	8th	106	361	6-seater and 7-seater touring cars, Special Speed ​​Roadster, Special Speed ​​4-seater, limousine

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. 403-406 (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 , pp. 357-358. (English)

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} 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. 403-406 (English).
2. ^ ^{A b} George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 357-358. (English)