Loomis Auto Car Company

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Loomis Automobile Company
Loomis Auto Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1900
resolution 1904
Seat Westfield , Massachusetts , USA
management Gilbert J. Loomis
Branch Automobiles

Loomis Auto Car Company , previously Loomis Automobile Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Gilbert J. Loomis had designed a steam car in 1896 that did not go into series production. In 1900 he founded the company in Westfield , Massachusetts . Now he manufactured automobiles with gasoline engines. The brand name was Loomis . There was a contract with Bloomingdale’s for 500 commercial vehicles that were to be delivered within two months. Since Loomis could never produce so many vehicles in this short time, the contract was terminated. In 1903 the name was changed. Production ended in 1904.

vehicles

From 1900 to 1901 there were three models to choose from. Model 1 was a Park Wagon, Model 2 was a Roadster Wagon and Model 3 was a van . They had a two-cylinder engine with 5 hp , which was mounted near the rear axle.

In 1902 Model 4 as Runabout and Model 5 as Trap added to the range.

From 1903 there was only the Bluebird model . It was bodied as a touring car. A three-cylinder engine with 18 hp was placed in the front of the vehicle and powered the rear axle via a chain. The bonnet was curved and resembled the De Dion-Bouton models .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) construction
1900-1901 Model 1 2 5 Park wagon
1900-1901 Model 2 2 5 Roadster Wagon
1900-1901 Model 3 2 5 delivery trucks
1902 Model 1 2 5 Park wagon
1902 Model 2 2 5 Roadster Wagon
1902 Model 3 2 5 delivery trucks
1902 Model 4 2 5 Runabout
1902 Model 5 2 5 Trap
1903-1904 Bluebird 3 18th 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. 900-901 (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. 920 (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. 900-901 (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. 920 (English).