Leach Motor Car Company

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Leach Biltwell Motor Company
Leach Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1919
resolution 1923
Seat Los Angeles , California , USA
management Martin Andrews Leach
Branch Automobiles

Leach Motor Car Company , initially Leach Biltwell Motor Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Martin Andrew Leach and Leon G. Martin founded the Leach Biltwell Motor Company in Los Angeles , California in 1919 . In December 1919, the Republic Truck Company plant was acquired. In 1920 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Leach , unofficially also Leach - Biltwell .

In mid-1921 the name was changed to Leach Motor Car Company when Miller Engine and Foundry Works was taken over. Harry A. Miller was now the director, vice president and design engineer. In 1923 financial problems arose. Production ended in the same year. A total of between 218 and 264 vehicles were built.

Leach also operated California Motors between 1923 and 1925 .

There was no association with the Leach Motor Vehicle Company , which used the same brand name around 1900.

vehicles

All vehicles had a six-cylinder engine . First he came from the Continental Motors Company . Miller later made the engines.

In 1920 there was the Series 20 . The engine developed 60 hp . The chassis had a 321 cm wheelbase . The bodies were open touring cars with five and seven seats.

In 1921 the wheelbase was extended to 325 cm. Model A was a five-seat touring car, Model B was a seven-seat touring car, and Model C was a three-seat roadster .

The Six appeared in 1922 . The new engine developed 100 hp. The wheelbase was 340 cm. There was a choice of touring cars with five and seven seats, roadsters with three seats, a sport with four seats and a coupette with four seats.

In 1923 the technical data did not change. The new prices had been lowered by $ 1,000 . The vehicles now cost $ 5,500, regardless of the structure. However, one source indicates the return to Continental engines, since the Miller engines did not prove themselves.

Model overview

year model execution cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1920 Series 20 6th 60 321 5-seater and 7-seater touring cars
1921 Series 20 Model A 6th 60 325 5-seater touring car
1921 Series 20 Model B 6th 60 325 7-seater touring car
1921 Series 20 Model C 6th 60 325 Roadster 3-seater
1922 Six 6th 100 340 5-seater and 7-seater touring car, 3-seater roadster, 4-seater sports, 4-seater coupette
1923 Six 6th 100 340 5-seater and 7-seater touring car, 3-seater roadster, 4-seater sports, 4-seater coupette

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. 854 (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. 881-882 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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. 854 (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. 881-882 (English).