Monitor Automobile Works

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Monitor Automobile Works
legal form
founding 1909
resolution 1916
Seat Janesville , Wisconsin , USA
Branch Motor vehicles

Monitor Automobile Works was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The company was initially based in Chicago , Illinois . William Westerlund and JE Norling ran it. J. Frank Waters was general manager and designer. In 1909 the production of passenger cars began . The brand name was Monitor . In late 1910, the company moved to Janesville , Wisconsin . Commercial vehicles were added in 1911 . In the same year, the car production ended. Trucks were built until 1916.

There was no association with the Monitor Motor Car Company , which used the same brand name.

vehicles

The only passenger car model was the Model B . It was a high wheeler with big wheels. The engine was mounted under the seat. Even so, there was a hood at the front that looked like a hood . The two-cylinder engine was specified with 18/20 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 218 cm . In 1909 only Stanhope and Runabout were available .

In 1910 a four-seater Surrey was added, the rear seats of which could be removed for transporting goods. One of these vehicles achieved great success in a commercial vehicle competition when it covered 40 miles in three hours, while the runner-up took 45 minutes longer.

In 1911 there was only this multi-purpose vehicle, now called the Dual Purpose Car .

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1909 Model B 2 18/20 218 Stanhope, runabout
1910 Model B 2 18/20 218 Stanhope, Runabout, Surrey
1911 Model B 2 18/20 218 Dual purpose 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. 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. 1055 (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. 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. 1055 (English).