Monarch Motor Car Company (Michigan)

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Monarch Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1913
resolution 1916
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Detroit , Michigan , USA
management Joseph Bloom
Branch Automobiles

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

Company history

Joseph Bloom founded the company in Detroit in the spring of 1913 . His brother-in-law Robert Craig Hupp, founder of Hupmobile , was the designer. In August, the Carhartt Automobile Corporation plant was taken over. In the same year the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Monarch . By May 1914 150 vehicles had already been completed. Hupp wanted to expand and designed a bigger engine. In May 1915 new investors had to help out. In the spring of 1916 bankruptcy followed . The Carter Brothers Motor Company of Maryland took over all rights in November 1916.

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 Machine Company .

vehicles

In 1913 the 16 HP was the only model. It had a four-cylinder engine . It was listed as 16 hp , while another source says it made 25 hp. The chassis had a wheelbase of 279 cm . There was a choice of a touring car with five seats and a runabout with two seats. The original price was 1050 US dollars .

From 1914 to 1915 this model remained unchanged. A smaller 16 HP completed the range. It had the same engine but only 262 cm wheelbase. The structure was a four-seater touring car. The price was much lower at $ 675.

In 1916 only the 29 HP was in the range. It had a V8 engine that was specified with 29 hp. The wheelbase was 318 cm. The open touring car offered space for five people.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1913 16 HP 4th 16 279 5-seater touring car, 2-seater runabout
1914-1915 16 HP 4th 16 262 4-seater touring car
1914-1915 16 HP 4th 16 279 5-seater touring car, 2-seater runabout
1916 29 HP 8th 29 318 5-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. 990-991 (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. 990-991 (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).