Metropol Motors Corporation

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Metropol Motors Corporation
legal form Corporation
founding 1913
resolution 1914
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Port Jefferson , New York , USA
Branch Automobiles

Metropol Model C from 1914

Metropol Motors Corporation was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in 1913 in Port Jefferson , New York , United States . The Only Motor Car Company is considered to be the predecessor. In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Metropol . The designer was Francois Richard. In April 1914, financial problems became known because a bill for advertisements for $ 136 was not paid. Production ended that year.

In November 1914, the Finley Robertson Porter Company took over the plant.

vehicles

In 1913 there was only one model. It had a four-cylinder engine with 107.95 mm bore , 200.025 mm stroke and 7323 cm³ displacement . It was rated at 30 hp, but actually made 90 hp . The chassis had a 292 cm wheelbase . The structure was a speedster with two seats. The original price was $ 1,475.

1914 from the Metropolitan Model C . The two-seater structure was now called the roadster . Otherwise no differences are known. The Model D as a five-seat touring car and the Model E as a two-seat racer had the same engine .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1913 Four 4th 90 292 Speedster 2-seater
1914 Model C 4th 90 292 Roadster 2-seater
1914 Model D 4th 90 292 5-seater touring car
1914 Model E. 4th 90 292 Racer 2-seater

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. 966 (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. 1019 (English).

Web links

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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. 966 (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. 1019 (English).