Matthews Motor Company

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Matthews Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1906
resolution 1907
Seat Camden , New Jersey , USA
Branch Automobiles

Matthews Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1906 in Camden , New Jersey . In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Sovereign , unofficially also Matthews . In 1906 or 1907 the Jones-Corbin Automobile Company was taken over. Production ended in 1907.

vehicles

As far as known, only the Model M was in the range. It had a four-cylinder engine with water cooling . A bore of 139.7 mm and a stroke of 152.4 mm resulted in a displacement of 9344 cc . The engine output is 40, 45 and 48 hp . The engine drove the rear axle via a four-speed gearbox and two chains. The chassis had a 305 cm wheelbase . The only body shape was an open touring car with eight seats. The body was made of aluminum .

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. 1362 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1479 (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. 1362 (English).
  2. ↑ George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 3: P-Z . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 1479 (English).