Miller Motor Company

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Miller Garage Company Inc.
Miller Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1906
resolution 1907
Seat Bridgeport , Connecticut , USA
Branch Motor vehicles

Miller Motor Company , previously Miller Garage Company Inc. , was an American manufacturer of motor vehicles .

Company history

The Miller Garage Company Inc. was the end of 1906 in Bridgeport in Connecticut founded. The founders were Elmer E. Miller, Wilmet or Willard R. Miller and Charles H. Peck. They made trucks and buses . In 1907 the name was changed to Miller Motor Company . Now passenger cars were also made . The brand name was Miller . Production ended in the same year.

vehicles

Truck / bus

A four-cylinder engine from the Continental Motors Company has been handed down for one vehicle . It was rated at 40 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 351 cm and a track width of 152 cm . An illustration shows a version as a bus for sightseeing .

Car

The range consisted only of the Model H . The engine was specified with 24/30 hp . The chassis had a 292 cm wheelbase. The build was a Surrey .

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).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e 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. ↑ The Horseless Age (accessed October 20, 2018)
  3. ↑ The Horseless Age, January 23, 1907 (accessed October 20, 2018)