Jenkins Motor Car Company

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Jenkins Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1907
resolution 1912
Seat Rochester , New York , USA
management J. William Jenkins
Branch Automobiles

Jenkins Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

J. William Jenkins was a shoe manufacturer in Rochester , New York, USA . In 1907 he founded a new vehicle production company. The brand name was Jenkins . In July 1912, Jenkins sold the company to his chief engineer, Fred J. Decker, who used the plant as a dealership for vehicles from the Cole Motor Car Company .

There was no association with the Jenkins Automobile Company , which used the same brand name a few years earlier.

vehicles

Only vehicles with a four-cylinder engine and cardan drive were on offer . First there was the Model 40/45 HP . Its engine was specified with 40/45 hp . In 1907 the wheelbase was 272 cm. The only body shape was a five-seater touring car .

In 1908 the wheelbase was lengthened to 284 cm. Now a town car was also available.

From 1909 to 1910 the wheelbase was 295 cm. The town car was omitted.

1911 saw a renewed extension of the wheelbase to 300 cm. Touring cars with five and seven seats and a roadster with five seats were now available.

The 38 HP appeared in 1912 . Its engine developed 38 hp. Its chassis had a wheelbase of 302 cm. The touring cars offered space for five or seven people.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1907 40/45 HP 4th 40/45 272 5-seater touring car
1908 40/45 HP 4th 40/45 284 5-seater touring car, Town Car
1909-1910 40/45 HP 4th 40/45 295 5-seater touring car
1911 40/45 HP 4th 40/45 300 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars, 5-seater roadsters
1912 38 HP 4th 38 302 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars

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. 783 (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. 790 (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. 783 (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. 790 (English).