Monarch Motor Car Company (Illinois)

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Monarch Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1906
resolution 1909
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Chicago , Illinois , USA
management
  • TA Quinlan Jr.
  • James A. Ward
Branch Automobiles

Monarch Motor Car Company was an American manufacturer of automobiles from Illinois .

Company history

TA Quinlan Jr. and James A. Ward founded the company in the spring of 1906. The company was based in Chicago , Illinois. Automobile production began in a factory in Franklin Park in 1907. The brand name was Monarch . The designer was JJ Boucher. The first four vehicles were presented at the Chicago Automobile Show in January 1907. On May 2, 1907, a fire destroyed the plant, the machines and 176 finished vehicles. It was not until 1908 that production could be continued at another plant in Chicago Heights , Illinois. Bankruptcy followed in the summer of 1909 . A total of around 25 vehicles were built. Velie acquired the machine park in 1910.

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

vehicles

In 1907 there were small models with a two-cylinder engine in the range. They were specified with 12/14 hp . Model A was a two-seater runabout and Model B was also a two-seater Surrey , both with 193 cm wheelbase . Model E was also a two-seat runabout, but with a 224 cm wheelbase.

In 1908 larger models appeared. They had a four-cylinder engine with 40 hp. The chassis had a wheelbase of 284 cm. Model F was called the gentleman's roadster . Model G was a touring car .

In 1909 the wheelbase of the Model F was shortened by one inch to 282 cm. The structure was now a roadster with three seats. In addition, two models complemented the range, both of which had a more powerful 45 hp engine. The Model H was a four-seat Tour About 284 cm wheelbase and the model J as a seven touring cars 315 cm wheelbase.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1907 Model A 2 12/14 193 Runabout 2-seater
1907 Model B 2 12/14 193 Stanhope 2-seater
1907 Model E. 2 12/14 224 Runabout 2-seater
1908 Model F 4th 40 284 Gentleman's Roadster
1908 Model G 4th 40 284 Touring car
1909 Model F 4th 40 282 Roadster 3-seater
1909 Model H 4th 45 284 Tourabout 4-seater
1909 Model J 4th 45 315 7-seater touring car

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).