King Motor Car Company

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King Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1911
resolution 1924
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Buffalo , New York , USA
Branch Automobiles

King Model B as a landaulet from 1913
V8 engine from 1914

King Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Charles Brady King had already made an automobile in 1896. He then worked for Oldsmobile and the Northern Manufacturing Company . In 1908 he moved to Europe to learn about new European constructions. In 1910 he was back in the USA. A prototype was created that year .

In February 1911, he founded the company in Detroit , Michigan . HK White Jr. became president. In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was King .

At the beginning of 1912, Hupmobile moved into the former factory . A few months later, the bankruptcy began . Artemus Ward took over the company. JG Bayerline became the new president in the spring of 1913. In 1915 Ward replaced Bayerline as president.

At the end of 1920 there were again financial problems. Charles A. Finnegan from Buffalo , New York , bought the company. In October 1923, a smaller factory was moved into Buffalo. Production ended that year. Bankruptcy followed in 1924 . Vehicles were sold until 1924.

A total of almost 19,000 vehicles were built.

vehicles

From 1911 to 1912, was only the Model A . It had a four-cylinder engine with 35 hp . The chassis had a 292 cm wheelbase . There was a choice of an open touring car with five seats, a roadster with two seats and a coupé with three seats.

In 1913 this model remained unchanged. Model B was new . Its four-cylinder engine developed 30 hp. The wheelbase was a little shorter at 284 cm. The only structure was a five-seater touring car.

In 1914, the assortment was limited to Model B . It was now also available as a two-seater roadster.

1915 from the Model C . The wheelbase has been extended by 1 inch to 287 cm. A cabriolet with three seats was the third body shape offered. Model D was new . It had a V8 engine that was specified with 40/50 hp. The wheelbase was 305 cm. Only touring cars with five seats have survived.

The four-cylinder model was discontinued in 1916. The Model D remained unchanged except for the superstructure. These were given special names. There was a choice of Corsair and Reliance with five seats, Challenger touring car with seven seats, Challenger Roadster and Challenger sedan with five seats. A Model E is said to have been introduced that year , for which no data is available.

Model EE followed in 1917, the data of which corresponded to the previous year's model. These include touring cars and limousines with seven seats each, roadsters with three seats and foursome .

1918 was the vehicle model F .

1919 from the Model G . The roadster was omitted

From 1920 to 1921, there were the Model H . The engine was now specified with 60 hp. The seven-seater touring car and the foursome , as well as a Road King and a limousine with seven seats called Limoudan , are also specified as bodies .

1922 from the Model J . The engine output was now given as 69 hp. These include touring cars and sedans with seven seats, Sport Foursome and Coupé with four seats and a Road King Roadster with two seats. A smaller addition was the Model D. Its engine was specified with 40/45 hp. The wheelbase measured 287 cm. It was available as a five-seat touring car and as a two-seat roadster.

In 1923 only the Model L was in the range. The output of 60 hp corresponded to the model of the previous year. The wheelbase was lengthened to 315 cm. A sedanette with five seats complemented the body designs offered. The smaller model from the previous year was omitted again.

A British dealer for classic vehicles offered a surviving Model B vehicle from 1913 as a landaulet . It bears the British license plate LY 5080 .

An armored vehicle is on display at the National Museum of the Marine Corps .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1911-1912 Model A 4th 35 292 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 3-seater coupé
1913 Model A 4th 35 292 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 3-seater coupé
1913 Model B 4th 30th 284 5-seater touring car
1914 Model B 4th 30th 284 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1915 Model C 4th 30th 287 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 3-seater convertible
1915 Model D 8th 40/50 305 5-seater touring car
1916 Model D 8th 40/50 305 Corsair 5-seat, Reliance 5-seat, Challenger Touring Car 7-seat, Challenger Roadster, Challenger Limousine 5-seat
1917 Model EE 8th 40/50 305 7-seater touring car, 3-seater foursome, roadster, 7-seater sedan
1918 Model F 8th 40/50 305 7-seater touring car, 3-seater foursome, roadster, 7-seater sedan
1919 Model G 8th 40/50 305 7-seater touring car, foursome, 7-seater sedan
1920-1921 Model H 8th 60 305 Touring car 7-seater, Road King, Foursome, Limoudan 7-seater
1922 Model D 8th 40/45 287 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1922 Model J 8th 69 305 7-seater touring car, 4-seater Sport Foursome, 2-seater Road King Roadster, 4-seater coupé, 7-seater sedan
1923 Model L 8th 60 315 7-seater touring car, 4-seater Sport Foursome, 2-seater Road King Roadster, 5-seater Sedanette, 4-seater coupé, 7-seater sedan

Source:

Production numbers

year Production number
1911 860
1912 1,230
1913 2.130
1914 2,410
1915 2,670
1916 3,000
1917 1,816
1918 1,410
1919 1,315
1920 830
1921 560
1922 480
1923 240
total 18,951

Source:

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. 807-809 (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. 824-825 (English).

Web links

Commons : King Motor Car Company  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h 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. 807-809 (English).
  2. ↑ a b 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. 824-825 (English).
  3. ↑ Offer of a surviving vehicle from 1913 and PDF (English, accessed on May 18, 2019)
  4. ↑ National Museum of the Marine Corps: Global Expeditionary Forces (accessed June 23, 2019)