Mason Motor Truck Company

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Lorry from 1924
Mason Road King with a Dutch bus body (photo from 1922).

Mason Motor Truck Company was an American manufacturer of commercial vehicles from Flint , Michigan .

description

The company was co-founded by Arthur C. Mason and Willam C. Durant . Mason was a former engineer at Buick and Durant took over the company and formed General Motors from it .

In 1920 Durant had to leave General Motors for the second time. In 1922 he incorporated the Mason Motor Truck Company into his new concern, Durant Motors , where the company was responsible for medium and heavy trucks. The Road King Speed ​​Truck was built there in the early 1920s .

Model overview

Model year model payload Motor
manufacturer		 NACC
rating		 Wheelbase
inches / mm
1922-1923 Road King 1 tn
907 kg		 R4
Herschell-Spillman Model O		 25.6 HP 130/3303
1922-1923 Road King 1 tn
907 kg		 R4
Herschell-Spillman Model O		 25.6 HP 150/3810
1923-1925 Road King 1½ tn
1361 kg		 R4
Herschell-Spillman Model O		 25.6 HP 130/3302
1923-1925 Road King 1½ tn
1361 kg		 R4
Herschell-Spillman Model O		 25.6 HP 150/3810

literature

  • Martin Sinzig: Louis Chevrolet - The man who gave the Chevy its name. Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld (Switzerland) 2011, ISBN 978-3-7193-1566-5 .
  • Beverly Rae Kimes (Editor), Henry Austin Clark, Jr.: The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805–1942. 2nd Edition. Krause Publications, Iola WI 1985, ISBN 0-87341-111-0 . (English)
  • GN Georgano (Ed.): Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars, 1885 to the Present. 2nd Edition. Dutton Press, New York 1973, ISBN 0-525-08351-0 . (English)
  • Beverly Rae Kimes: Pioneers, Engineers, and Scoundrels: The Dawn of the Automobile in America. Published by SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) Permissions, Warrendale PA 2005, ISBN 0-7680-1431-X . (English)
  • Axel Madsen: The Deal Maker: How William C. Durant made General Motors. John Wiley & Sons, 1999, ISBN 0-471-39523-4 . (English)
  • Alfred P. Sloan: My years with General Motors. 2nd Edition. Verlag Moderne Industrie, 1965. (German licensed edition of My Years With General Motors. Doubleday & Co., Garden City NY (USA))

Web links

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