Leader Manufacturing Company

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Columbia Electric Company
Leader Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1905 or earlier
resolution 1912
Seat Knightstown , Indiana , USA
Branch Automobiles

Leader Manufacturing Company , formerly Columbia Electric Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The Columbia Electric Company was based in McCordsville , Indiana . It made phones . In 1905 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Leader .

In 1907 the name was changed to Leader Manufacturing Company and the company moved to Knightstown , Indiana. A source is not sure about the name change, as a single advertisement from 1911 still shows the old company name.

Luther Frost was the driving force behind automobile construction. Due to health problems, he had to leave the company around 1911. It was dissolved in mid-1912.

vehicles

1905 there was only the Model B . A two-cylinder engine with 16 hp power propelled the vehicles. The chassis had a wheelbase of 213 cm . The setup was a runabout .

In 1906 this model remained unchanged in the program. There was also a Model B of the same name , which had a slightly more powerful engine with 18 hp and had a touring car body with the same wheelbase .

Between 1907 and 1909 there were three models in the range. The weaker Model B continued to exist. Model C had the same engine, but 229 cm wheelbase and, as a touring car, offered space for four people. The Model D corresponded to the latter model with the 20 HP engine.

In 1910 it became the Model E with a 249 cm wheelbase. The model L-30 was new with a four-cylinder engine that was specified with 30/35 hp. The wheelbase of 272 cm enabled it to be built as a five-seat touring car.

In 1911 only the R-35 model was available . The four-cylinder engine developed 40 hp. The wheelbase was 295 cm. There was a choice of a demi- tonneau with four seats and a touring car with five seats.

In 1912 this model received a smaller engine, which was again specified with 30/35 hp. The only structure was a semi- torpedo . Model 40 was new . That was an indication of the engine output of 40 hp of the four-cylinder engine. The wheelbase was 315 cm. The structure was a touring car with four doors.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1905 Model B 2 16 213 Runabout
1906 Model B 2 16 213 Runabout
1906 Model B 2 18th 213 Touring car
1907-1909 Model B 2 16 213 Runabout
1907-1909 Model C 2 16 229 4-seater touring car
1907-1909 Model D 2 20th 229 4-seater touring car
1910 Model E. 2 20th 249 4-seater touring car
1910 Model L-30 4th 30/35 272 5-seater touring car
1911 Model R-35 4th 40 295 Demi-Torpedo 4-seater, touring car 5-seater
1912 Model R-35 4th 30/35 295 Semi-torpedo
1912 Model 40 4th 40 315 Four-door touring car

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. 854-855 (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. 883 (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. 854-855 (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. 883 (English).