Lorraine Automobile Manufacturing Company

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Lorraine Automobile Manufacturing Company
legal form Company
founding 1907
resolution 1908
Seat Chicago , Illinois , USA
Branch Automobiles

Lorraine Automobile Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1907 in Chicago , Illinois . John O. Hobbs was the designer. Automobile production began at the end of 1907. In December 1907, the first vehicles were at the Chicago Automobile Show . The brand name was Lorraine . Production ended in 1908.

There were no ties with the Lorraine Car Company and Lorraine Motors Corporation , which used the same brand name a few years later.

vehicles

The vehicles had an elastic cardan shaft , which was not explained further. As well as a starter , which was unusual for the time.

A model was the Model L . It had a four-cylinder engine that was specified with 50/55 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 315 cm . The structure as an open touring car offered space for seven people.

The other model series had a smaller four-cylinder engine that was specified with 25/30 hp. The wheelbase was 279 cm. Model M was available as a five-seat touring car and also as a five-seat sedan . Model N was called the Gentleman’s Roadster .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1907-1908 Model L 4th 50/55 315 7-seater touring car
1907-1908 Model M 4th 25/30 279 5-seater touring car, 5-seater sedan
1907-1908 To model 4th 25/30 279 Gentleman's 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. 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. 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).