Monarch Machine Company

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Monarch Machine Company
legal form Company
founding 1908 or earlier
resolution 1909 or later
Seat Des Moines , Iowa , USA
Branch Engines , automobiles

Monarch Machine Company was an American manufacturer of engines and automobiles .

Company history

The company was based in Des Moines , Iowa . Mainly it manufactured gasoline engines. In 1908 a number of automobiles were also made. The brand name was Monarch . After April 1909 the track of the company is lost.

Other US manufacturers of passenger cars of the brand Monarch were Milwaukee Motor Manufacturing Company , Monarch Automobile Company , Monarch Motor Car Company (Illinois) and Monarch Motor Car Company (Michigan) .

vehicles

The Road King was a motor buggy on offer. He had noticeably large wheels and can therefore be described as a high wheeler . The chassis had a wheelbase of 213 cm . The self-made two-cylinder engine developed 20 hp . It drove the rear axle via a planetary gear and two chains. Steering lever and steering wheel were available. The Model D is explicitly mentioned as an open four-seater. One illustration shows the same model as an open two-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. 990 (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. 1054 (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. 990 (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. 1054 (English).