Lenox Motor Car Company

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Lenox Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1910
resolution 1917
Seat Boston , Massachusetts , USA
management Daniel N. Emerson
Branch Motor vehicles

Lenox Model D as a Speedster from 1911
Lenox from 1915

Lenox Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles .

Company history

The company was founded in Boston , Massachusetts in October 1910 . The predecessor company is the Martell Motor Car Company from Jamaica Plain in Massachusetts, which was founded in 1908 but did not produce anything. The factory was initially in Jamaica Plain. In 1911 the production of passenger cars began . The brand name was Lenox . In early 1911, the first vehicle was presented at the Boston Automobile Show . The designer was Chester T. Bates, who previously worked for the Easton Machine Company . In the same year the company moved into a plant in Boston, which was abandoned in 1912. For this purpose, a second factory in Hyde Park was used between 1912 and 1915 .

In 1915 Daniel M. Emerson led the company. The production of commercial vehicles and tractors was added. Production took place in a factory in Lawrence . It is uncertain whether the company's headquarters were also moved there. Financial problems began. Production ended in January 1917. However, vehicles of the 1918 model year were announced.

The Ajax Motors Corporation is a successor company.

vehicles

From 1911 to 1912 there was the 27 HP . Its four-cylinder engine had a bore of 104.775 mm and a stroke of 133.35 mm . This resulted in a displacement of 4599 cm³ and an output of 27 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 290 cm . Called are Model A as two- and four-seat roadster and five-seater touring car , model D as Speedster and Model E as a sedan .

Two models with built-in engines from Buda followed in 1913 . The Model 4-40 had a four-cylinder engine with a 107.95 mm bore, 139.7 mm stroke, 5114 cm³ displacement and 40 hp. The wheelbase was 300 cm. There was a choice of runabouts with two seats, touring cars with five seats, speedsters with two seats and limousines with five seats. The Model 6-60 , on the other hand, had a six-cylinder engine . 101.6 mm bore and 127 mm stroke resulted in 6178 cc displacement and 60 hp. The wheelbase was 330 cm. The vehicle was only available as an open touring car and sedan, each with seven seats. The wheelbases did not change in the next few years.

In 1914 only the superstructure changed. The four-cylinder model was available in the versions Model A as a five-seat touring car, Model B as a four-seat touring car, Model C as a roadster and Model D as a speed car . Seven different bodies have been handed down for the six-cylinder model : Model AC as a five-seater touring car, Model DC as a two-, three- and four-seater roadster, Model EC as a two-seater Torpedo Speed ​​Car , Model FC as a five-seater sedan, Model HC as a four-seater touring car, Model MC as seven-seater touring car and model NC as a seven-seater sedan.

In 1915 the four-cylinder 40 HP model was only available as a touring car with five seats. The 50 HP was a new six-cylinder model. It had 95.25 mm bore, 139.7 mm stroke, 5972 cc displacement and 50 hp. These vehicles were also touring cars with five seats.

From 1916 to 1917 there was the Four with a 50 hp four-cylinder engine in the Model D version as a speed car . There were also two six-cylinder models available. The Model M was the more powerful with 60 hp. His touring car had space for seven people. The Model O had an engine with 50 hp and a body as a five-seater touring car.

The truck was specified with 3 tons.

Model overview

year model execution cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1911-1912 27 HP Model A 4th 27 290 Roadster 2-seat and 4-seat, touring car 5-seat
1911-1912 27 HP Model D 4th 27 290 Speedster
1911-1912 27 HP Model E. 4th 27 290 limousine
1913 Model 4-40 4th 40 300 Runabout 2-seater, touring car 5-seater, Speedster 2-seater, sedan 5-seater
1913 Model 6-60 6th 60 330 7-seater touring car, 7-seater sedan
1914 Model 4-40 Model A 4th 40 300 5-seater touring car
1914 Model 4-40 Model B 4th 40 300 4-seater touring car
1914 Model 4-40 Model C 4th 40 300 Roadster
1914 Model 4-40 Model D 4th 40 300 Speed ​​car
1914 Model 6-60 Model AC 6th 60 330 5-seater touring car
1914 Model 6-60 Model DC 6th 60 330 Roadster 2-seat and 3-seat and 4-seat
1914 Model 6-60 Model EC 6th 60 330 Torpedo Speed ​​Car 2-seater
1914 Model 6-60 Model FC 6th 60 330 5-seater sedan
1914 Model 6-60 Model HC 6th 60 330 4-seater touring car
1914 Model 6-60 Model MC 6th 60 330 7-seater touring car
1914 Model 6-60 Model NC 6th 60 330 7-seater sedan
1915 40 HP 4th 40 300 5-seater touring car
1915 50 HP 6th 50 330 5-seater touring car
1916-1917 Four Model D 4th 50 300 Speed ​​car
1916-1917 Six Model M 6th 60 330 7-seater touring car
1916-1917 Six Model O 6th 50 330 5-seater 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. 857-858 (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. 890 (English).

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j 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. 857-858 (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. 890 (English).
  3. ↑ Certificates of Corporations (accessed May 18, 2019)