Monitor Motor Car Company

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Cummins Monitor Company
Monitor Motor Car Company
legal form Company
founding 1915
resolution 1922
Reason for dissolution Bankrupt
Seat Columbus , Ohio , USA
Branch Automobiles

Monitor Motor Car Company , previously the Cummins-Monitor Company , was an American manufacturer of automobiles .

Company history

The origin of the Cummins Monitor Company , founded in 1915, lay in the dealership Cummins Auto Sales Company . Charles C. Cummins, ES Cummins, and HP Jeffers ran the Columbus , Ohio-based company . In March 1915 the production of automobiles began. The brand name was Monitor . In December 1916 the name was changed to Monitor Motor Car Company . The bankruptcy began in August 1921 . The engine manufacturer Herschell-Spillman sued because there was a contract for 1,000 engines, but Monitor only paid 42. Production ended in 1922. In January 1922 it went bankrupt . A total of over 5000 vehicles were built.

There was no connection with Monitor Automobile Works , which used the same brand name.

vehicles

Various bought-in engines from Continental Motors Company , GB&S and Herschell-Spillman powered the vehicles.

In 1915 there was only the Model 4-30 . It had a four-cylinder engine and an output of 30 hp . The chassis had a wheelbase of 274 cm . There was a choice of a roadster and a five-seater touring car . In 1916 the model was simply called the Four . Otherwise nothing changed. From 1917, no number of seats has been handed down for the touring car. 1918 was his last year.

The Six appeared in 1916 . Its six-cylinder engine developed 55 hp. The wheelbase was 292 cm. It was also available as a touring car and roadster. It remained unchanged until 1919. It was not until 1920 that the wheelbase was extended to 297 cm. Touring cars, sedans and a Tu-or-Four roadster were now available . From 1921, the name was added to the Roadster. This model was over in 1922.

A model with a V8 engine was planned from the start. But it did not go into series production.

Model overview

year model cylinder Power ( hp ) Wheelbase (cm) construction
1915 Model 4-30 4th 30th 274 Roadster, 5-seater touring car
1916 Four 4th 30th 274 5-seater touring car, roadster
1916 Six 6th 55 292 Touring cars, roadsters
1917 Four 4th 30th 274 Touring cars, roadsters
1917 Six 6th 55 292 Touring cars, roadsters
1918 Four 4th 30th 274 Touring cars, roadsters
1918 Six 6th 55 292 Touring cars, roadsters
1919 Six 6th 55 292 Touring cars, roadsters
1920 Six 6th 55 297 Touring car, Tu-or-Four roadster, limousine
1921-1922 Six 6th 55 307 Roadster, touring car, limousine

Production numbers

year Production number
1915 373
1916 797
1917 1630
1918 1167
1919 727
1920 884
1921 231
1922 81
total 5890

Source:

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. 991-992 (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. 1056 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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. 991-992 (English).
  2. ↑ a b 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. 1056 (English).