Moller Motor Company

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Moller Motor Company
legal form Company
founding 1919
resolution 1923
Seat Lewistown , Pennsylvania , USA
management
  • Wilhelm Moller
  • Holgar Moller
Branch Automobiles

Moller Motor Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles . Another source states the Moller Motor Car Company .

Company history

The brothers Wilhelm and Holgar Moller came from Denmark . They founded the company in Lewistown , Pennsylvania in November 1919 . From January 1920 vehicles were announced in the press. The vehicle was launched in the same year. The brand name was Moller . At first, sales were limited to the local area. In January 1921, vehicles were exhibited at the New York International Auto Show in New York City . From this period the vehicles were available nationwide. However, the vehicles were mainly intended for export . Production of the Moller ended in 1922 . A total of around 1000 vehicles were built.

In November 1921, three Falcon vehicles were presented at the New York International Auto Show . All vehicles were intended for export. Production ended in 1923.

According to a source, the company moved its headquarters to Hagerstown , Maryland in 1923 but stopped manufacturing vehicles there.

There was no association with the other US manufacturers of Falcon cars: Falcon Engineering Company and Falcon Cyclecar . The brothers were not related to Mathias Peter Moller of the MP Moller Motor Car Company in Hagerstown. Identical names repeatedly lead to confusion.

vehicles

Brand name Moller

The 20 HP had a four-cylinder engine with 20 HP power. A bore of 69.85 mm and a stroke of 101.66 mm resulted in a displacement of 1557 cm³ . The chassis had a wheelbase of 254 cm . In the first year there was a two-seater Sport and a four-seater roadster . From 1921 onwards, the range of bodies was limited to a roadster with two seats. The curb weight was given as around 450 kg.

Brand name Falcon

There were no technical differences. There was a choice of touring cars , roadsters, sedans , coupés , speedsters with two seats and a sportster with four seats. Healey & Company from New York made at least one body - a sedan with a centrally positioned door. Other bodies were made by the MP Moller Motor Car Company.

Model overview

year brand model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1920 Moller 20 HP 4th 20th 254 Sport 2-seater, Roadster 4-seater
1921-1922 Moller 20 HP 4th 20th 254 Roadster 2-seater
1922 Falcon 20 HP 4th 20th 254 Touring car, roadster, sedan, coupé, Speedster 2-seat, Sportster 4-seat

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. 557 and pp. 988-989 (English).
  • George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 522 (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. 1053 (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. 988-989 (English).
  2. ↑ a b 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. 557 (English).
  3. ↑ 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. 1053 (English).
  4. ↑ a b c George Nicholas Georgano (Ed.): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile . Volume 1: A-F . Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 , pp. 522 (English).
  5. ↑ a b Coachbuilt (English, accessed October 27, 2018)
  6. ↑ American Automobiles (accessed October 27, 2018)