Metz Company

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Metz Company
legal form Company
founding 1909
resolution 1921
Reason for dissolution reorganization
Seat Waltham , Massachusetts , USA
management Charles Herman Metz
Branch Motor vehicles

Metz from 1909
Metz from 1910
Metz Model 22 from 1912 with windshield
Metz Model 22 from 1912–1914
Metz Model 25 from 1915
Metz Model 25 from 1917
Side view

Metz Company was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles .

prehistory

Charles Herman Metz founded the Waltham Manufacturing Company in 1893 and left it around 1901. In the summer of 1908 he took control of the financially troubled company again. He had a new business idea. Many parts for automobiles were in stock. Metz offered the parts in 14 packages, which the buyers bought one after the other and made complete vehicles from them themselves. Each package cost 25 dollars , so that the total purchase price was US dollars 350th In this way, Metz saved the costs for assembly by its own employees. These vehicles were given the brand name Metz and the addition Plan . In this way he restructured the company until the summer of 1909.

Company history

Metz founded the company as the successor company in the summer of 1909. The seat was also in Waltham , Massachusetts . He continued the production of kits and from 1909 also manufactured complete automobiles. The brand name was still Metz . In 1912 the kit cars were given up. Many vehicles were exported to Europe , Australia and Thailand .

Commercial vehicles were added in 1917 . In 1918 production came to a standstill because of the First World War . It was continued in 1919. The sales figures fell. Financial problems began.

In December 1921 a reorganization led to Waltham Motor Manufacturers . This ended the production of vehicles of the Metz brand.

vehicles

In model year 1909 there was only the 10 HP as a kit car . It had a two-cylinder engine . A bore of 82.55 mm and a stroke of 82.55 mm resulted in a displacement of 884 cm³ . The engine output of 10 hp was transmitted to the rear axle via a friction gear and a chain. The chassis had a wheelbase of 206 cm . The structure was an open runabout with two seats.

In 1910 the bore was increased to 88.9 mm. Now the displacement was 1025 cm³ and the engine power was 12 HP. The original price for the parts rose to $ 378. The complete vehicle cost $ 475.

Only a runabout for $ 485 and a special delivery van for $ 500 have survived for 1911 .

The Model 22 appeared in 1912 . It had a four-cylinder engine with a 95.25 mm bore, 101.6 mm stroke and 2896 cc displacement. The engine was specified with 22 hp. The wheelbase was 229 cm. The only structure was a roadster with two seats. As a kit, it was $ 495 and fully assembled $ 600.

In 1913 there was a two-seater runabout for $ 495 and a two-seater special runabout for $ 395.

For 1914 only two-seater vehicles have survived. Roadster and Torpedo were $ 475, Speedster $ 500.

In 1915 the wheelbase was lengthened to 244 cm. The torpedo was omitted. The Roadster was in the price lists for $ 495, the Speedster still for $ 500. Model 25 was new . An increased cylinder bore of 98.425 mm provided a displacement of 3092 cm³ and an output of 25 hp. The wheelbase was 267 cm. Roadsters with two seats and touring cars with five seats were offered for a uniform $ 600.

The smaller model was discontinued in 1916. When Model 25 the wheelbase has been extended to 274 cm. Otherwise nothing changed.

For 1917 the number of seats is no longer given.

Master 6 appeared in 1919 . The six-cylinder engine came from Lycoming or the Ruthenber Motor Company . It was specified with 45 hp and powered the rear axle via a three-speed gearbox and a cardan shaft . The wheelbase measured 297 cm. The body was an open touring car with five seats.

In 1920 the wheelbase was extended to 305 cm. A roadster with three seats and a coupé with four seats completed the range of bodies.

In 1921 the roadster only offered two seats. A limousine with five seats was new .

Car model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1909 10 HP 2 10 206 Plan runabout 2-seater
1910 12 HP 2 12 206 Plan Runabout 2-seater, Assembled Runabout 2-seater
1911 12 HP 2 12 206 Runabout, special delivery truck
1912 Model 22 4th 22nd 229 Plan Roadster 2-seater, Assembled Roadster 2-seater
1913 Model 22 4th 22nd 229 2-seater runabout, 2-seater special runabout
1914 Model 22 4th 22nd 229 Roadster 2-seater, Speedster 2-seater, Torpedo 2-seater
1915 Model 22 4th 22nd 244 Roadster 2-seater, Speedster 2-seater
1915 Model 25 4th 25th 267 Roadster 2-seater, touring car 5-seater
1916 Model 25 4th 25th 274 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1917 Model 25 4th 25th 274 Touring cars, roadsters
1919 Master 6 6th 45 297 5-seater touring car
1920 Master 6 6th 45 305 5-seater touring car, 3-seater roadster, 4-seater coupé
1921 Master 6 6th 45 305 5-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster, 4-seater coupé, 5-seater sedan

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Car production figures

A total of over 40,000 passenger cars were built .

year Production number
1909 1,816
1910 1.913
1911 1,812
1912 2,336
1913 5,312
1914 6.230
1915 7.163
1916 6.130
1917 3,120
1918 1.312
1919 1,275
1920 810
1921 853
total 40,082

Motorsport

Gaetano Napoli with a Metz at the 1913 Targa Florio

In 1913, three vehicles won the team classification at the Glidden Tour .

Also in 1913, Gaetano Napoli took part in the Targa Florio with a Metz .

Aircraft construction

Airplanes were also offered at least in 1911 . They were available both in components and as a complete set. Engines with 30 HP, 60 HP and 120 HP power are mentioned.

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. 967-969 (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. 1020-1022 (English).

Web links

Commons : Metz Company  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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. 967-969 (English).
  2. ↑ a b 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. 1020-1022 (English).
  3. ↑ Advertisement for aircraft (English, accessed June 8, 2019)