Mier Carriage & Buggy Company

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Mier Carriage & Buggy Company
legal form Company
founding 19th century
resolution 1920s
Seat Ligonier , Indiana , USA
Branch vehicles

Mier Carriage & Buggy Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Solomon Mier founded the company in the 19th century. The seat was in Ligonier , Indiana . He made carriages . His son AB Mier also worked in the company from around 1900. In 1908 the production of automobiles began . The brand name was Mier . Around 100 vehicles were built in the first year. Motor vehicle production ended in 1909.

Carriages were made until the 1920s.

Motor vehicles

In 1908 there were Model A and Model B in the range. Both had a two-cylinder engine that was specified with 10/12 hp . It was mounted under the seat and drove the rear axle via a friction gear and two chains. The chassis had a wheelbase of 218 cm . Both models were bodied as a runabout . A front hood made it look like the engine was beneath it. This made the vehicles look more modern than many high-wheelers .

In 1909 the engine output of both models was given as 12 hp. Model A was a two-seat runabout and Model B was a doctor - Stanhope . There were also bigger and stronger vehicles. They had a two-cylinder engine with 18 hp and a wheelbase of 244 cm. Model C was a two-seat runabout. Model D was available as both a four-seat runabout and a four-seat Surrey.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1908 Model A 2 10/12 218 Runabout
1908 Model B 2 10/12 218 Runabout
1909 Model A 2 12 218 Runabout 2-seater
1909 Model B 2 12 218 Doctor Stanhope
1909 Model C 2 18th 244 Runabout 2-seater
1909 Model D 2 18th 244 Runabout 4-seater, Surrey 4-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. 973 (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. 1035 (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. 973 (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. 1035 (English).