Marsh Motors Company
Marsh Motors Company | |
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legal form | Company |
founding | 1919 |
resolution | 1923 |
Reason for dissolution | insolvency |
Seat | Cleveland , Ohio , USA |
management | Alonzo R. Marsh |
Branch | Automobiles |
Marsh Motors Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .
Company history
Alonzo R. Marsh had previous automotive experience with the Marsh Motor Carriage Company and the American Motor Company . He founded the company in 1919 with his brother William and two sons. The seat was in Cleveland , Ohio . They started with the production of automobiles. The brand name was Marsh . Production ended in 1923. Bankruptcy followed in June 1923 . A total of six vehicles were built.
vehicles
The aim was to develop a vehicle that bigger and better than the Ford Model T was.
Four vehicles had a four-cylinder engine from the Continental Motors Company . The chassis had a wheelbase of 290 cm .
Two other vehicles had a six-cylinder engine , which also came from Continental, and a 297 cm wheelbase.
Five vehicles were bodied as limousines . There was also an open vehicle.
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. 932 (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. 959 (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 932 (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. 959 (English).