Laurel Motors Corporation

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Laurel Motor Car Company
Laurel Motors Corporation
legal form Corporation
founding 1916
resolution 1930s
Seat Anderson , Indiana , USA
management Arthur S. Sinclair
Branch Automobiles

Laurel Motors Corporation , previously Laurel Motor Car Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Laurel Motor Car Company was founded in Richmond , Indiana . In July 1916 the production of automobiles was announced and started in the same year. The brand name was Laurel . 213 vehicles were built in 1917.

A reorganization took place on November 14, 1917. The new company name was Laurel Motors Corporation . The seat was now in Anderson , also in Indiana. Linfield Myers was President, RM Roof Vice President and Chief Engineer, WH Forse Secretary, and Charles E. Hayes Treasurer and General Manager. There was a connection to the Roof Auto Specialty Company from Anderson, the tuning parts for the Ford Model T produced. Production continued. Planning amounted to 1,000 vehicles in the first year and 6,000 later. These numbers were never reached.

In 1920 the production of motor vehicles ended . In total, fewer than 300 vehicles were built. After that, the company was active in the field of tuning and also manufactured car bodies.

Arthur S. Sinclair took over the company in 1925. It was disbanded in the early 1930s.

vehicles

In 1916 the Model 35 was on offer. It had a four-cylinder engine with 23 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 284 cm . The cars were designed as open touring cars with five seats.

In 1917, touring cars with seven seats and roadsters with four seats were added.

The new Model 50 appeared in 1918 . It remained in the range until production was discontinued. The engine was still a four-cylinder engine. However, it now had four valves per cylinder , which was unusual for the time. Robert M. Roof of Roof Auto Specialty Company was responsible for this. The engine output was specified with 50 hp. The wheelbase was 295 cm. There was a choice of a five-seat touring car and a four-seat roadster. Sales remained low. Only six vehicles have survived for 1920.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1916 Model 35 4th 23 284 5-seater touring car
1917 Model 35 4th 23 284 Roadster 4-seater, touring car 5-seater and 7-seater
1918-1920 Model 50 4th 50 295 5-seater touring car, 4-seater roadster

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. 852 (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. 878 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e 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. 852 (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. 878 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Mark Theobald: Coachbuilt (English, accessed on May 18, 2019)