Moline Automobile Company

Moline Automobile Company
legal form	Company
founding	1903
resolution	1919
Seat	East Moline , Illinois , USA
management	Orlando J. Root WH Vandervoort
Branch	Automobiles

Moline Model B from 1905 as Surrey

Moline from 1913 as a touring car

Rear view

Moline Automobile Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

Orlando J. Root and WH Vandervoort founded the Root & Vandervoort Engineering Company in 1898 . They made gasoline engines. Some were stationary engines , others powered vehicles.

In 1903 they founded the Moline Automobile Company for vehicle production. The seat was in East Moline , Illinois . In 1904 the production of automobiles began. The Moline brand name was used for vehicles that had engines with ordinary valve timing until 1914 . Vehicles with slide motors based on the Charles Yale Knight system appeared in 1913 and were given the Moline-Knight brand name . Production ended in 1919.

The successor was the R & V Knight of the R. & V. Division , which belonged to the Root & Vandervoort Engineering Company.

vehicles

In 1904 there was only one model. It had a two-cylinder engine with 12 hp . It drove the rear axle via a planetary gear and a chain. The wheelbase was 188 cm. The setup was called a touring runabout . This suggests touring cars or runabouts . Another source gives a four-seat tonneau .

1905 from the Model D . The engine power was retained and the wheelbase was extended to 218 cm. The body shape was now a Surrey . In addition, a more powerfully motorized vehicle appeared with the Model B. Its four-cylinder engine was specified with 18/20 hp. The wheelbase was 267 cm. This was a Surrey too.

1906, the small model became the model G developed. The engine now developed 16 hp, while the wheelbase remained unchanged. All vehicles of this year were touring cars. The previous Model B became Model C with a shortened wheelbase of 254 cm. The Model A appeared as the new top model . The four-cylinder engine was specified with 30/35 hp. The wheelbase was 279 cm.

In 1907 the Model H was the two-cylinder model. His data were 18 hp, a 234 cm wheelbase and a five-seater touring car. Above that was the Model C with a four-cylinder engine, 20 hp and a two- and three-seater runabout body. In the Model S , the four-cylinder engine developed 25 hp. The wheelbase of 279 cm enabled it to be built as a five-seater touring car. The Model A had the same wheelbase and the same structure, but a more powerful engine with 35 hp.

In 1908 the Model C was discontinued . The Model H now had a 20 hp engine, 244 cm wheelbase and was a touring car. In the Model S , the engine output was reduced to 24 hp and the wheelbase shortened to 254 cm. The Model A remained unchanged.

1909 was the first year in which only vehicles with a four-cylinder engine were offered. The engine of the Model M was specified with 25/30 hp. The wheelbase measured 267 cm. The structure was a touring car with five seats. In the Model K , the engine developed 40 hp. The wheelbase of 295 cm enabled bodies as a seven-seat touring car and as a four- and five-seat baby tonneau .

In 1910 the Model M was specified with 30 hp and 279 cm wheelbase. In the case of Model K , the data did not change. Both models were available as a toy tonneau and touring car, the smaller also as a roadster .

In 1911 there was only the M-35 model . That was an indication of the engine power of 35 hp. The wheelbase was 284 cm. There was a choice of touring cars, touring cars with front doors and toy tonneau.

In 1912, the vehicles were given the addition of dreadnought , which literally means nothing to fear, for a period of two years . This should indicate successes in reliability drives. The M-35 Dreadnought model had the same engine as the previous year's model, but a 290 cm wheelbase. On offer were touring cars with four and five seats, torpedo with two seats and roadsters with four seats.

In 1913 it became the M-40 Dreadnought model . The engine output had been increased to 50 hp. There were two different wheelbases to choose from. 290 cm for the two-seat roadster and 315 cm for the five-seat touring car.

In 1914, the M-40 was the last model in the series with classic engines. The offer was limited to the five-seat touring car with a 315 cm wheelbase. A new addition was the Knight model with a valveless engine. It made 50 hp. The wheelbase was 325 cm. The body was a touring car with five seats.

In 1915 a two-seater roadster and two different sedans were also available.

In 1916 there were again two different models in the range. The Model 40 had a 40 hp engine, 300 cm wheelbase and bodies as a seven-seat touring car and two-seat roadster. The Model 50 corresponded to the previous year's model and was available as a seven-seater touring car, roadster and sedan.

In 1917 the smaller model was available as a five-seat touring car and a four-seat roadster. The wheelbase of the Model 50 has been shortened to 310 cm. Touring cars with seven seats, roadsters and coupés with four seats and a touring limousine have survived.

In 1918 the names and structures changed. The smaller Model C was in the price lists as a five-seat touring car, four-seat roadster and five-seat touring sedan. The larger Model G was available as a touring car with seven seats as well as a roadster and coupé with four seats each.

In 1919 the larger model was discontinued , while the smaller model became the Model L. Five-seat touring cars, seven-seat touring cars as standard and deluxe, five-seat sedans and four-seat roadsters, also as standard and deluxe, are named.

Model overview

year	brand	model	cylinder	Power ( hp )	Wheelbase (cm)	construction
1904	Moline	12 HP	2	12	188	Touring runabout
1905	Moline	Model B	4th	18/20	267	Surrey
1905	Moline	Model D	2	12	218	Surrey
1906	Moline	Model A	4th	30/35	279	Touring car
1906	Moline	Model C	4th	18/20	254	Touring car
1906	Moline	Model G	2	16	218	Touring car
1907	Moline	Model A	4th	35	279	5-seater touring car
1907	Moline	Model C	4th	20th	254	Runabout 2-seat and 3-seat
1907	Moline	Model H	2	18th	234	5-seater touring car
1907	Moline	Model S	4th	25th	279	5-seater touring car
1908	Moline	Model A	4th	35	279	5-seater touring car
1908	Moline	Model H	2	20th	244	Touring car
1908	Moline	Model S	4th	24	254	5-seater touring car
1909	Moline	Model K	4th	40	295	7-seater touring car, 4-seater and 5-seater Baby Tonneau
1909	Moline	Model M	4th	25/30	267	5-seater touring car
1910	Moline	Model K	4th	40	295	Toy Tonneau, touring car
1910	Moline	Model M	4th	30th	279	Roadster, Toy Tonneau, touring car
1911	Moline	Model M-35	4th	35	284	Touring Cars, Fore-Door Touring Cars, Toy Tonneau
1912	Moline	Model M-35 dreadnought	4th	35	290	4-seat and 5-seat touring car, 2-seat torpedo, 4-seat roadster
1913	Moline	Model M-40 dreadnought	4th	40	290	Roadster 2-seater
1913	Moline	Model M-40 dreadnought	4th	40	315	5-seater touring car
1914	Moline	Model M-40	4th	40	315	5-seater touring car
1914	Moline Knight	Knight	4th	50	325	5-seater touring car
1915	Moline Knight	Knight	4th	50	325	Roadster 2-seater, touring car 5-seater, limousine
1916	Moline Knight	Model 40	4th	40	300	7-seater touring car, 2-seater roadster
1916	Moline Knight	Model 50	4th	50	325	7-seater touring car, roadster, limousine
1917	Moline Knight	Model 40	4th	40	300	5-seater touring car, 4-seater roadster
1917	Moline Knight	Model 50	4th	50	310	7-seater touring car, 4-seater roadster, touring sedan, 4-seater coupé
1918	Moline Knight	Model C	4th	40	300	5-seater touring car, 4-seater roadster, 5-seater touring limousine
1918	Moline Knight	Model G	4th	50	310	7-seater touring car, 4-seater roadster, 4-seater coupé
1919	Moline Knight	Model L	4th	40	300	5-seater and 7-seater touring cars, 5-seater sedans, 4-seater roadsters

Production numbers

year	Production number
1904	50
1905	300
1906	300
1907	500
1908	700
1909	736
1910	783
1911	638
1912	782
1913	431
1914	336
1915	923
1916	906
1917	603
1918	481
1919	499
total	8968

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. 986-988 (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. 1052 (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. 986-988 (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. 1052 (English).