Miller Car Company

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Miller Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1911
resolution 1914
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
Number of employees Theodore Miller
Branch Automobiles

Miller Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was founded in Detroit , Michigan in 1911 . Theodore Miller was president. JC Hallock and EL McMillan were also involved. They started with the production of passenger cars . The brand name was Miller . Guy Sintz joined the company in 1912 as works manager.

Bankruptcy began in January 1914 . In February 1914, the Kosmath Company took over what was left of the company and continued production of a delivery truck . The Pennsylvania Motor Car Company later made its own automobiles based on the Miller passenger car.

It is not known how many vehicles Miller made. But in 1916 there were still 36 registered in Michigan.

vehicles

One car model had a four-cylinder engine with 30 hp . There was a choice of a roadster with a 279 cm wheelbase and a touring car with a 295 cm wheelbase. Another source mentions four-cylinder engines with 30 hp and 40 hp. The engine power was transmitted to the rear axle via a cardan shaft .

In 1913 a delivery truck added to the range. It had a payload of around 450 kg.

Overview of car brands from the US, the Miller include

brand Manufacturer Marketing start End of marketing Location, state
Frayer-Miller Buckeye National Motor Car Company 1904 1909 Springfield, Ohio
Miller Miller 1901 1902 Orrville, Ohio
Miller Miller Motor Company 1907 1907 Bridgeport, Connecticut
Miller Miller Car Company 1911 1914 Detroit, Michigan
Miller Harry A. Miller Manufacturing Company 1928 1932 Los Angeles, California
Miller-Peters Miller-Peters Motor Car Company 1907 1907 Newport, Kentucky
Miller-Quincy EM Miller Company 1922 1924 Quincy, Illinois

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. 976 (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. 1037 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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. 976 (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. 1037 (English).